Lik'ichiri

{{short description|Mountain in Bolivia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Lik'ichiri | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 4086 | elevation_ref = <ref>BIGM map 1.50,000 6435-I Don Diego (''Linkhichiri'' 4,086 m)</ref> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | location = Bolivia<br>Potosí Department, <br>Tomás Frías Province | range = Andes | map = Bolivia | range_coordinates = | map_caption = Location in Bolivia | label_position = right | map_size = 200 | coordinates = {{coord|19|28|50|S|65|43|30|W|type:mountain_region:BO_scale:100000_source:GNS-enwiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} '''Lik'ichiri''' (Aymara ''lik'i'' fat, grease, fatness<ref>{{Ref Bertonio}}</ref> ''-chiri'' a suffix, "fat remover")<ref>Gilles Rivière. [http://www.ifeanet.org/publicaciones/boletines/20(1)/23.pdf Lik'ichiri y kharisiri. A propósito de las representaciones del "otro" en la sociedad aymara] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033110/http://www.ifeanet.org/publicaciones/boletines/20(1)/23.pdf |date=2015-09-24 }}. Bulletin de l'IFEA 20(1), 1991, Lima, pp. 23–40.</ref> is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality.<ref>[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/latin_america/se-20-13-sucre-bolivia-2001.pdf lib.utexas.edu] Map of the area ''(Likhichiri)''</ref> It lies north of Potosí and the river Ch'aki Mayu and east of the village Tarapaya. Lik'ichiri is about {{convert|4086|m|ft|0}} high. It is part of the Potosí mountain range.

It bears the name of a supernatural fat-sucking creature of Andean cultures,<ref>[http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39796 unexplained-mysteries.com] Andean Fat Stealers</ref> the Aymara-language equivalent to the Quechua term "pishtaco."

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