Laqaya (La Paz)

Laqaya (Aymara for ruins of a building,[2] also spelled Lakaya) is a 4,825-metre-high (15,830 ft) mountain in the Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, at the border of the Jesús de Machaca Municipality and the Tiwanaku Municipality.[1][3]

For the archaeological site in the Potosí Department, Bolivia, see Laqaya.
Laqaya
Highest point
Elevation4,825 m (15,830 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°40′07″S 68°43′08″W
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department
Parent rangeAndes, Chilla-Kimsa Chata

References
  1. IGM map 1:50,000 5843-II Tiahuanacu
  2. Juan Carvajal Carvajal, Arturo Hernández Sallés, Nelly Ramos Pizarro, Diccionario Ilustrado Aymara-Español-Inglés (Aymara-Spanish-English dictionary)
  3. "Jesús de Machaca". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2014. (unnamed)
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