Jach'a Apachita

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Jach'a Apachita (Aymara jach'a big, apachita the place of transit of an important pass in the principal routes of the Andes, name in the Andes for a stone cairn, a little pile of rocks built along the trail in the high mountains, also spelled Jachcha Apacheta) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately 4,920 m (16, 140 ft). It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the southeast of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality.

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