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Lik'ichiri
Sign in to save'''Lik'ichiri' (Aymara lik'i fat, grease, fatness -chiri'' a suffix, "fat remover") is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality. It lies north of Potosí and the river Ch'aki Mayu and east of the village Tarapaya. Lik'ichiri is about high. It is part of the Potosí mountain range.
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'''Lik'ichiri' (Aymara lik'i fat, grease, fatness -chiri'' a suffix, "fat remover") is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality. It lies north of Potosí and the river Ch'aki Mayu and east of the village Tarapaya. Lik'ichiri is about high. It is part of the Potosí mountain range.
It bears the name of a supernatural fat-sucking creature of Andean cultures, the Aymara-language equivalent to the Quechua term "pishtaco."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lik'ichiri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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