Phaq'u Q'awa (Puno)

For the mountain in the Puno Region, Peru, see Phaq'u Q'awa (disambiguation).
Phaq'u Q'awa
Phaq'u Q'awa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°36′33″S 70°01′12″W / 16.60917°S 70.02000°W / -16.60917; -70.02000Coordinates: 16°36′33″S 70°01′12″W / 16.60917°S 70.02000°W / -16.60917; -70.02000
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Phaq'u Q'awa (Aymara phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "brown brook" or "brown ravine", Hispanicized spelling Pacocahua, also Patocahua)[1][4] is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, and in the Puno Province, Acora District. It lies south of Q'ulini and southeast of Arichuwa.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD


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