Phaq'u Q'awa (La Paz) Explained

Phaq'u Q'awa
Elevation M:	5252
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Range:	Andes
Map:	Bolivia
Label Position:	right
Map Size:	200
Coordinates:	-18.0247°N -69.1181°W

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 5252m (17,231feet) 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]}

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]}

See also

• Jach'a Kunturiri
• Sajama National Park

Notes and References

1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
2. Web site: Charaña. . September 15, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141107171218/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020305&tipo=1. November 7, 2014. (Paco Khau)
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