P'ukru (Bolivia)

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P'ukru
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P'ukru
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,768 m (15,643 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 19°49′38″S65°41′35″W / 19.82722°S 65.69306°W / -19.82722; -65.69306 Coordinates: 19°49′38″S65°41′35″W / 19.82722°S 65.69306°W / -19.82722; -65.69306  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes, Potosí mountain range

P'ukru (Quechua for hole, pit, gap in a surface, [2] also spelled Phujro) or Phujru (Aymara for hole or pit in the earth without water, not very deep) [3] is a 4,768-metre-high (15,643 ft) mountain in the Potosí mountain range in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, in the south of the Potosí Municipality. P'ukru lies southwest of Khunurana and a mountain named Q'umir Qucha. [1] [4]

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

Potosí mountain range Mountain range in Bolivia

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Bolivia country in South America

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Puna 6434-I
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ "Potosí". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2014.


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