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Llallagua (in hispanicized spelling) or Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period) is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llallagua Municipality, the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Llallagua
Settlement.native_name
Llallawa
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Llallagua.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
280px
Settlement.image_seal
Escudo Llallagua.png
Settlement.pushpin_map
Bolivia
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bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Bolivia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Potosí Department
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Rafael Bustillo Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Llallagua Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Canton
Settlement.subdivision_name4
Llallagua Canton

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Llallagua (in hispanicized spelling) or Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period) is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llallagua Municipality, the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.

== History == Llallagua (in its common form) or Llallawa (as it is written in Quechua) is the name given by the indigenous people of the Andes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Llallaguita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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