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Kimsa Warmini

Coordinates: 16°09′24″S 67°37′48″W / 16.15667°S 67.63000°W / -16.15667; -67.63000
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Kimsa Warmini
Highest point
Elevation2,842 m (9,324 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°09′24″S 67°37′48″W / 16.15667°S 67.63000°W / -16.15667; -67.63000
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes, Kimsa Warmini

Kimsa Warmini (Aymara kimsa three, warmi woman,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with the three women", also spelled Quimsa Huarmini)[3] is a 2,842-metre-high (9,324 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes in a small range of that name. It is located in the La Paz Department, Nor Yungas Province, Coroico Municipality, northeast of Coroico. The range extends in a north-easterly direction.[4][1]

Kimsa Warmini is also the name of the river which originates on the slopes of the mountain. It flows to the northeast.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Río Coroico 6045-I, (Quimsa Huarmi)
  2. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ Bolivia 1:100,000, Chulumani 3338, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, (Quimsa Huarmini)
  4. ^ "Coroico". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 14, 2016.