Paquisa gertrudis
The place
Paquisa gertrudis in Oruro department, Litoral/Sabaya sector (Bolivian Altiplano, Bolivia, ~40 km from the Chilean border), at 4190 m elevation, extreme Andean altiplano. FIRST RECORDING for Bolivia. COUNTRY ANOMALY: Bolivia missing from database. Pastoral shelter (feminine given name "Gertrudis") in the Sud Lipez area, heritage of the Aymara (2 million people, BO/PE, language of the Tiwanaku civilisation, c. 1500 BC-1150, pre-Inca) and of the Uyuni Salt Flat (10,500 km², the world's largest salt desert, 70% of the world's lithium reserves).
The setting
Oruro, Litoral/Sabaya, Altiplano, Bolivia, 4190 m, Sud Lipez, CL border, first recording, Gertrudis pastoral, Aymara 2 million BO/PE Tiwanaku 1500 BC-1150 pre-Inca, Uyuni Salt Flat 10,500 km² world's largest salt flat, 70% of world lithium, ANOMALY: Bolivia missing.
