Phaq'u Q'awa (Sabaya)

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

Location in Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 5,203 m (17,070 ft) [1]
Coordinates 18°49′04″S 68°48′07″W / 18.81778°S 68.80194°W / -18.81778; -68.80194Coordinates: 18°49′04″S 68°48′07″W / 18.81778°S 68.80194°W / -18.81778; -68.80194
Geography
Location Bolivia
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Phaq'u Q'awa (Aymara phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "brown brook" or "brown ravine", also spelled Paco Khaua) is a 5,203 metres (17,070 ft) high mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality. Phaq'u Q'awa lies southeast of Wila Qullu.

The river Phaq'u Q'awa (Pacocahua) originates southwest of the mountain. It flows to the north as a right tributary of the Lauca River.[1][4]


References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Corque SE-19-11
  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. ↑ "Sabaya". Retrieved September 23, 2014.


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