Phaq'u Q'awa is a mountain in the
Andes
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. According to the Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 'Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I' it is situated on
Bolivia
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n terrain in the
La Paz Department,
Pacajes Province
Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Coro Coro.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:Boliviam IGM map Rosario Hoja 5841-IV
The most important river of the province ...
,
Charaña Municipality
Charaña Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Pacajes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Charaña.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:
* Ch'iyara Salla
* Jach' ...
, at the border with
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
. 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.
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Name
Phaq'u Q'awa derives from Aymara language
Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one million sp ...
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, the name thus meaning "brown brook" or "brown ravine". The Hispanicized
Hispanicization ( es, hispanización) refers to the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by Hispanic culture or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-Hispanic becomes Hispanic. Hispanicization is il ...
spelling is ''Pacocahua'' or ''Pajojañua''.[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)][00033-2009-AI - Tribunal Constitucional del Perú, October 2009][Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD]
See also
* Jach'a Kunturiri
* Sajama National Park
Sajama National Park is a national park located in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. It borders Lauca National Park in Chile. The park is home to the indigenous Aymara people, whose influential ancient culture can be seen in various aspects throu ...
References
Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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