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Isla del Sol : ウィキペディア英語版 | Isla del Sol
Isla del Sol (''Island of the Sun'') is an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It is part of the modern State of Bolivia and is part of the La Paz Department. Geographically, the terrain is harsh; it is a rocky, hilly island with many eucalyptus trees. There are no motor vehicles or paved roads on the island. The main economic activity of the approximately 800 families on the island is farming, with fishing and tourism augmenting the subsistence economy. Of the several villages, Yumani and Ch'allapampa are the largest.〔p209 Lonely Planet ''South America on a Shoestring'' 2008〕 There are over 80 ruins on the island. Most of these date to the Inca period circa the 15th century AD. Archaeologists have discovered evidence that people lived on the island as far back as the third millennium BCE. Many hills on the island contain agricultural terraces, which adapt steep and rocky terrain to agriculture. Among the ruins on the island are Titi Qala (Aymara ''titi'' Andean mountain cat; lead, lead-colored, ''qala'' stone, "mountain cat stone" or "lead stone", also spelled ''Titikala''), a labyrinth-like building called Chinkana, Q'asa Pata, and Pillkukayna. In the religion of the Incas, it was believed that the sun god was born here. ==Etymology==
The Aymara name for the island is ''Titi'kaka''. The original meaning of this word is not known. Some linguists and archaeologists believe the name to be a corruption of ''titi'' (Andean mountain cat; lead, lead-colored) and ''qala'' (rock). In the 1612 Aymara-Spanish dictionary of Ludovico Bertonio, the phrase ''Tahksi kala'' is listed as "piedra fundamental" or "foundation stone" possibly alluding to the origin story of the Inca that the Sun and Moon were born in the lake.〔Stanish, Charles 2003 ''Ancient Titicaca''. University of California Press〕
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