Phaq'u Q'awa (La Paz)

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 5,252-metre-high (17,231 ft) 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][2]

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
Elevation5,252 m (17,231 ft) [1]
Coordinates18°01′29″S 69°07′05″W 
Geography
LocationBolivia
Parent rangeAndes

Name

Phaq'u Q'awa derives from Aymara language terms phaq'u, paqu,or p'aqu meaning the color light brown, reddish, fair-haired, or dark chestnut, and q'awa meaning little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, or gap in the earth,[3][4] the name thus meaning "brown brook" or "brown ravine". The Hispanicized spelling is Pacocahua or Pajojañua.[5][6][7]


See also

References
  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
  2. "Charaña". Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014. (Paco Khau)
  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. "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)
  6. 00033-2009-AI - Tribunal Constitucional del Perú, October 2009
  7. Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD


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