Phaq'u Q'awa (Sabaya) Explained

Phaq'u Q'awa
Elevation M:	5203
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Location:	Bolivia
Range:	Andes, Cordillera Occidental
Map:	Bolivia
Label Position:	right
Map Size:	200
Coordinates:	-18.8178°N -68.8019°W

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 5203m (17,070feet) 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] [2]}

Name

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

Notes and References

1. Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Corque SE-19-11
2. Web site: Sabaya. . September 23, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140813210024/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=040901&tipo=1. August 13, 2014.
3. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición. Félix Layme Pairumani. October 18, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130902185052/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/dicframe.html. September 2, 2013.
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)
5. 00033-2009-AI - Tribunal Constitucional del Perú, October 2009
6. Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD