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Cochabamba (Aymara: Quchapampa; Quechua: Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia , with a population of 630,587 according to the 2012 Bolivian census . [ 1 ]
Qutani (Aymara quta lake, [2]-ni a suffix, "the one with a lake (or lakes)", also spelled Khotani, Kkotani) is a 3,482-metre-high (11,424 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality. Qutani lies south of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Inkallaqta, north of the village ...
Pukara (Aymara and Quechua for fortress, [2] [3] also spelled Pucara) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 3,760 m (12,340 ft). It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Esteban Arce Province, Sacabamba Municipality.
Tunari is a mountain in the Tunari mountain range of the Bolivian Andes, about 5,023 m (16,480 ft) high. It is situated in the Cochabamba Department, Quillacollo Province, Quillacollo Municipality, northwest of Quillacollo. Tunari lies southeast of Wayna Tunari. [2] [3]
Farellones is a village and ski resort located 36 km from Santiago, Chile. It was founded during the 1930s, nestled in a small valley in the Andes mountains close to other ski areas such as Valle Nevado , La Parva , and El Colorado .
Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...
So in the early 1920's, Bokor Hill, a small resort town was built especially for the occupying French soldiers. Nine hundred people died in nine months during the construction of the resort in this remote mountain location. [2] The centrepiece of the resort was the grand Bokor Palace Hotel, inaugurated in 1925.
Cochabamba [1] (possibly from Quechua qucha lake, pampa a large plain) [2] is an archaeological site of the Inca period in Peru. It is situated in the Amazonas Region , Chachapoyas Province , Chuquibamba District , near the village of Chuquibamba .