Pukara (Tarucani)
This article is about the mountain in the Tarucani District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pukara (disambiguation).
| Pukara | |
|---|---|
 The Ubinas volcano and Pukara southwest of it (lower left) as seen from above (NASA, 2006) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 16°27′34″S 70°58′44″W / 16.45944°S 70.97889°WCoordinates: 16°27′34″S 70°58′44″W / 16.45944°S 70.97889°W |
| Geography | |
  Pukara Peru | |
| Location | Peru, Arequipa Region |
| Parent range | Andes |
Pukara (Aymara and Quechua for fortress,[2][3] hispanicized spellings Pucara, Pucará) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high . It is located in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Tarucani District. Pukara lies north of Wilani and northeast of Qillqata.[1]
References
- 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the General Sánchez Cerro Province (Arequipa Region)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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