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Turi Turini (La Paz)

Coordinates: 16°57′46″S 67°25′31″W / 16.96278°S 67.42528°W / -16.96278; -67.42528
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Turi Turini
Turi Turini is located in Bolivia
Turi Turini
Turi Turini
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Coordinates16°57′46″S 67°25′31″W / 16.96278°S 67.42528°W / -16.96278; -67.42528
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Malla Municipality
Parent rangeAndes

Turi Turini (Aymara turi tower,[1] the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a group of towers", also spelled Torri Torrini) is a mountain in the La Paz Department in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Loayza Province, Malla Municipality, northeast of Mallachuma.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ "Malla". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 23, 2016.