Tiwanaku
Tiwanaku is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage site in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. Tiwanaku has about 3040 residents and an elevation of 3860 metres.La Paz Hotels
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Notable Places in the Area
Pumapunku
Tourist attraction
Pumapunku or Puma Punku is part of a large temple complex or monument group that is part of the Tiwanaku Site near Tiwanaku, in western Bolivia. Photo: Brattarb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gate of the Sun
Ruins
The Gate of the Sun, also known as the Gateway of the Sun, is a monolith carved in the form… Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kalasasaya
Ruins
The Kalasasaya or Stopped Stones is a major archaeological structure that is part of Tiwanaku, an ancient archeological complex in the Andes of western Bolivia that is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo: Anakin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tiwanaku
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: in Bolivia
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city and UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Location: La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
Latitude -16.5581° or 16° 33' 29" south | Longitude -68.6741° or 68° 40' 26.7" west |
Population 3040 | Elevation 3860 metres (12,664 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID way 74154888 | GeoNames ID 3903046 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Tiwanaku
- Arabic: المركز الروحي والسياسي لثقافة تيواناكو
- Arabic: تياهواناكو
- Arabic: تيواناكو
- Armenian: Տիուանակո
- Asturian: Tiahuanaco
- Aymara: Taypiqala
- Aymara: Tiwanaku
- Azerbaijani: Tiauanako
- Bashkir: Тиуанако
- Basque: Tiahuanaco
- Basque: Tiahuanacu
- Basque: Tiahuanako kultura
- Basque: Tiwanaku
- Basque: Tiwanaku kultura
- Belarusian: Тыўанака
- Bengali: তিওয়ানাকু সভ্যতা
- Bosnian: Tiahuanaco
- Bulgarian: Тиахуанако
- Bulgarian: Тиуанако
- Catalan: Tiahuanaco
- Catalan: Tiwanacu
- Catalan: Tiwanaku
- Cebuano: Tiahuanaco
- Chinese: Tiwanaku
- Chinese: 蒂亞瓦納庫
- Chinese: 蒂亞瓦納科
- Chinese: 蒂瓦纳科文化的精神和政治中心
- Croatian: Tiahuanaco
- Croatian: Tiwanaku
- Czech: Tiahuanacu
- Czech: Tihuanaco
- Czech: Tiwanaku
- Danish: Tiwanaku
- Dimli (individual language): Tiwanaku
- Dutch: Spiritueel en politiek centrum van de Tiwanaku cultuur
- Dutch: Tiahuanaco
- Dutch: Tihuancu
- Dutch: Tiwanaku
- English: Notelade
- English: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
- English: Tiahuanaco
- English: tiawanacu
- Esperanto: Tiahuanaco
- Esperanto: Tiwanaku
- Finnish: Tiahuanaco
- Finnish: Tihuanaco
- Finnish: Tiwanaku
- French: Centre spirituel et politique de la culture tiwanaku
- French: Civilisation de Tiwanaku
- French: Culture Tiwanaku
- French: Tiahuanaco
- French: Tiahuanacos
- French: Tiahuanoco
- French: Tihuanaco
- French: Tiwanaco
- French: Tiwanako
- French: Tiwanaku
- Georgian: ტიუანაკო
- Georgian: ტიუანაკოს კულტურა
- German: Tiahuanaco
- German: Tihuanaco
- German: Tiwanaku
- Greek: Τιαουανάκο
- Greek: Τιαουανάκου
- Greek: Τιαχουανάκο
- Greek: Τιουανάκο
- Greek: Τιουανάκου
- Greek: Τιχουανάκο
- Hebrew: טיאהואנקו
- Hebrew: טיוואנאקו
- Hebrew: טיוונאקו
- Hungarian: Tiahuanaco
- Indonesian: Tiahuanaco
- Indonesian: Tiwanaku
- Italian: Tiahuanaco
- Italian: Tiwanaku
- Japanese: ティアワナコ
- Japanese: ティワナク
- Japanese: ティワナク文化
- Kazakh: Тиуанако
- Korean: 티아우아나코
- Korean: 티아우아나코 제국
- Korean: 티와나쿠
- Latin: Tiahuanaco
- Latin: Tihuanacum
- Lithuanian: Tiahuanakas
- Lithuanian: Tiauanakas
- Lithuanian: Tihuanakas
- Lithuanian: Tiuanakas
- Macedonian: Тиванаку
- Malayalam: Tiahuanaco
- Malayalam: ടിയവ്നാകൊ
- Min Nan Chinese: Tiahuanaco
- Min Nan Chinese: Tiwanaku
- Nepali: तिवानाकु
- Norwegian: Tiahuanaco
- Norwegian: Tiwanaku
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tiahuanaco
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tiwanaku
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Tiahuanaco
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Tiwanaku
- Occitan (post 1500): Tiwanaku
- Persian: تیاهواناکو
- Polish: Huari
- Polish: Kultura Tiwanaku
- Polish: Tiahuanaco
- Polish: Tiwanaku
- Portuguese: Centro Espiritual e Político da Cultura Tiwanaku
- Portuguese: Civilização Tiahuanaco
- Portuguese: Tiahuanaco
- Portuguese: Tiahuanacos
- Portuguese: Tiauanaco
- Portuguese: Tihuanaco
- Portuguese: Tiwanaku
- Quechua: Tiwanaku
- Romanian: Tiahuanaco
- Romanian: Tihuanaco
- Romanian: Tiwanaku
- Russian: Тиауанако
- Russian: Тиуанако
- Russian: Тиуанаку
- Russian: духовный и политический центр доиспанской индейской культуры
- Scots: Tiwanaku
- Serbian: Тиауанако
- Serbian: Тијаванако
- Serbo-Croatian: Tiahuanaco
- Serbo-Croatian: Tiwanaku
- Slovak: Tiahuanaco
- Slovenian: Tiavanaku
- Slovenian: Tivanaku
- Slovenian: Tiwanaku
- Spanish: Tiahuanaco
- Spanish: Tiwanaku
- Swedish: Tiahuanaco
- Swedish: Tiwanaku
- Turkish: Tiahuanaco
- Turkish: Tiahuanacu
- Turkish: Tiwanaku
- Ukrainian: Тіаванако
- Ukrainian: Тіауанако
- Ukrainian: Тіванако
- Ukrainian: Тіванаку
- Ukrainian: Тіуанако
- Ukrainian: Тіуанаку
- Uzbek: Tiauanako
- Vietnamese: Tiwanaku
- Waray (Philippines): Tiwanaku
- Wu Chinese: 蒂亚瓦纳科
- Centro Espiritual y Político de la Cultura Tiahuanacu
Other Places Named Tiwanaku
- Tiwanaku MunicipalityLa Paz, Bolivia
- TiwanakuArchaeological/prehistoric site, La Paz, Bolivia
In the Area
Localities
- Comunidad Khasa Achuta
- Comunidad Chambi Chico
- Huallacollo4 km northwest
- Chojol4 km northwest
- Comunidad Kausaya5 km northeast
- Huancollo5 km southwest
Landmarks
- Mercado de ArtesaníasMarketplace
- Mollu KontuSummit
- Museo LíticoMuseum
- Museo CerámicoMuseum
- Estación TiahuanacuRailway station
- MullukuntuRuins
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