Phaq'u Q'awa is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of

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. It is situated in the Oruro Department,

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, 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

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River.

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, the name thus meaning "brown brook" or "brown ravine". The Hispanicized 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 2009Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD

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Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub