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Mururata
Cerro Mururata.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 5,871 m (19,262 ft)
Geography
Mururata is located in Bolivia
Mururata
Mururata
Location in Bolivia
Location Bolivia
Parent range Cordillera Real (Andes)
Climbing
First ascent 1937

Mururata is a mountain in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia. Approximately 35 km East of La Paz, the Mururata lies to the North of the Illimani. The Mururata offers accessible climbing, as its shape does not contain difficult obstacles.

Local legend states that the shape of Mururata, a fairly flat-top as compared to neighboring Illimani, became that way due to an act of jealousy. Apparently Mururata was taller than the Illimani, so Illimani chopped off Mururata's head.

Another version says that Mururata looked down on the Inca. As a result the Inca was so outraged that he shot Mururata with his catapult and sent the top of Mururata away to the Altiplano to create the tallest mountain in Bolivia called Sajama.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cerro Mururata para niños

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