Puka Qawiña

Puka Qawiña

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 3,512 m (11,522 ft) [1]
Coordinates 17°52′36″S 65°48′08″W / 17.87667°S 65.80222°W / -17.87667; -65.80222Coordinates: 17°52′36″S 65°48′08″W / 17.87667°S 65.80222°W / -17.87667; -65.80222
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Puka Qawiña (Aymara puka colored, qawiña gable,[2][3] "red gable", also spelled Puca Cahuiña) is a 3,512 m (11,522 ft) high mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, at the border of the Esteban Arce Province, Anzaldo Municipality, and the Mizque Province, Vila Vila Municipality. Puka Qawiña lies southeast of Tikrasqa, east of the village of Puka Pampa (Puca Pampa).[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000 Punata 3735
  2. ↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved April 4, 2016. (see: Triangular)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "Vila Vila". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 4, 2016.


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