Challapata
Challapata is the capital of the Eduardo Abaroa Province as well as of the Challapata Municipality in the Oruro Department in Bolivia. It lies at an altitude of 3,738 m above sea level on the edge of the 250-acre flood plain of the river on the east bank of the Tacagua Poopó Lake.
- City with about 12,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 3,730 metres (12,240 feet)
- Description: town in Oruro Department, Bolivia
- Address: Oruro
- Established: 1560, June 1700, and May 30, 1893
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
-18.9022° or 18° 54′ 8″ south
Longitude
-66.775° or 66° 46′ 30″ west
Open location code
57HM36XF+4X
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Challapata” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Challapata”
- Bulgarian: “Чалапата”
- Cebuano: “Challapata”
- Chinese: “查亚帕塔”
- Chinese: “查亞帕塔”
- Dutch: “Challapata”
- French: “Challapata”
- German: “Challapata”
- Italian: “Challapata”
- Japanese: “チャヤパタ”
- Polish: “Challapata”
- Quechua: “Ch’allapata”
- Russian: “Чальяпата”
- Spanish: “Challapata”
- Swedish: “Challapata”
- Waray (Philippines): “Challapata”
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