Phaq'u Q'awa (Sajama) Explained

Phaq'u Q'awa
Elevation M:	5380
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Location:	Bolivia
Range:	Andes, Cordillera Occidental
Map:	Bolivia
Label Position:	right
Map Size:	200
Coordinates:	-18.0917°N -69.0689°W

Phaq'u Q'awa is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5380m (17,650feet) high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, northwest of the extinct Sajama volcano. It lies south of Qullqi Warani.

The river Junt'uma K'uchu (Aymara warm, hot, water, corner, "warm water corner", Junthuma Khuchu) originates north of Phaq'u Q'awa. It flows to the southeast as a right affluent of the Sajama 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 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
2. Web site: Curahuara de Carangas. . September 15, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111092614/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=040401&tipo=1. November 11, 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