Phaq'u Q'awa (Moquegua-Tacna)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Moquegua Region and the Tacna Region, Peru. For other uses, see Phaq'u Q'awa (disambiguation).
Phaq'u Q'awa
Phaq'u Q'awa

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 4,796 m (15,735 ft) [1]
Coordinates 16°47′57″S 70°15′11″W / 16.79917°S 70.25306°W / -16.79917; -70.25306Coordinates: 16°47′57″S 70°15′11″W / 16.79917°S 70.25306°W / -16.79917; -70.25306
Geography
Location Peru, Moquegua Region, Tacna 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 Pajojañua)[1][4][5] is a 4,796 metres (15,735 ft) high mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District. It lies west of a lake named Aqhuya Ch'alla (Ajuachaya, Pasto Grande) and southeast of Wila Wilani (or Ch'ankha Qullu).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  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 18, 2015.
  4. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)
  5. ↑ 00033-2009-AI - Tribunal Constitucional del Perú, October 2009


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