Phaq'u Q'awa (La Paz)

This article is about the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Phaq'u Q'awa (disambiguation).
Phaq'u Q'awa
Phaq'u Q'awa

Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,252 m (17,231 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°01′29″S 69°07′05″W / 18.02472°S 69.11806°W / -18.02472; -69.11806Coordinates: 18°01′29″S 69°07′05″W / 18.02472°S 69.11806°W / -18.02472; -69.11806
Geography
Location Bolivia
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 Paco Khaua) is a 5,252-metre (17,231 ft) high mountain in the Andes. According to the Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 'Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I' it is situated on Bolivian terrain in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Charaña Municipality, at the border with Chile. Phaq'u Q'awa lies north-west of the mountain Kunturiri and south-east of the mountain Laram Q'awa. The nearest peak to the east is Jaruma (Aymara for "bitter water"). One of three different rivers of this area called Kunturiri (Condoriri) originates north of the mountain. It flows in a bow along the northern slopes of Laram Q'awa towards Chile. [1][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
  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 September 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Charaña". Retrieved September 15, 2014. (Paco Khau)


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