Phaq'u Q'awa (Sajama)

Phaq'u Q'awa
Phaq'u Q'awa
	Satellite image showing the Paya Chata mountains and Phaq'u Q'awa northeast of them (upper right corner below the smaller lake, with north to the top right corner)
Highest point
Elevation	5,380 m (17,650 ft) [1]
Coordinates	18°05′30″S69°04′08″W / 18.09167°S 69.06889°W Coordinates: 18°05′30″S69°04′08″W / 18.09167°S 69.06889°W
Geography
	Phaq'u Q'awa Location in Bolivia
Location	Bolivia
Parent range	Andes, Cordillera Occidental

Last updated May 01, 2019

Phaq'u Q'awa is a mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,380 metres (17,651 ft) 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 Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

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.

Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km² (20,690 sq mi). Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178.

The river Junt'uma K'uchu (Aymara junt'u warm, hot, uma water, k'uchu 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 phaq'u, paqu,or p'aqu meaning the color light brown, reddish, fair-haired, or dark chestnut, and q'awa meaning little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, or gap in the earth,^[3]^[4] the name thus meaning "brown brook" or "brown ravine". The Hispanicized spelling is Pacocahua or Pajojañua.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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.

Hispanicisation or hispanisation, also known as castilianization or castilianisation 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 illustrated by spoken Spanish, production and consumption of Hispanic food, Spanish language music, and participation in Hispanic festivals and holidays. In the former Spanish colonies, the term is also used in the narrow linguistic sense of the Spanish language replacing indigenous languages.

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Laram Qawa (Charaña) mountain in Bolivia

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Sura Kuchu (Bolivia) mountain in Bolivia

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Pumuta is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. Pumuta lies south-west of the mountain Jach'a Kunturiri and north-east to east of the mountains Kunturiri and Jisk'a Kunturiri.

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 5,252-metre-high (17,231 ft) 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. 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.

Qullqi Warani is a mountain in the Oruro Department in Bolivia at the border with Chile, north-west of the extinct Sajama volcano. It is situated in the Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality. According to the Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 'Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I' it lies entirely on Bolivian terrain. Qullqi Warani lies south-west of the mountains Jisk'a Kunturiri and Patilla Pata, north of Phaq'u Q'awa and south-east of Kunturiri. The little lakes Q'asiri Quta (Khasiri Kkota) and Sura Pata (Sora Pata, Sorapata) lie at its feet, east and north of it.

Wila Qullu is a mountain in the Oruro Department in the Andes of Bolivia, about 5,140 metres (16,864 ft) high. Wila Qullu is situated in the Sajama Province, in the west of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, west of the extinct Sajama volcano and north-east of the Paya Chata mountains. It lies south-west of the mountain Phaq'u Q'awa.

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 5,203-metre-high (17,070 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sabaya Province, Sabaya Municipality. Phaq'u Q'awa lies southeast of Wila Qullu.

Chilli Qhata is a 4,803-metre-high (15,758 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, at the border of the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality and the Turco Municipality. Chilli Qhata lies south-west of the mountain Q'aysiri and east of Janq'u Jaqhi.

Wisalla is a 5,031-metre-high (16,506 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality. Wisalla lies south-west of the dormant Sajama volcano.

Jach'a K'uchu is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. It lies southwest of Qiwña Milluku and northwest of Kurawara (Curahuara). The Janq'u Jaqhi River originates on the east side of the mountain. It flows to the southeast.

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 4,796-metre-high (15,735 ft) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District. It lies west of a lake named Aqhuya Ch'alla and southeast of Wila Wilani.

Pacocahua is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District, and in the Puno Province, Acora District. It lies south of Coline and southeast of Arichua.

Taypi Qullu is a 4,684-metre-high (15,367 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality, near Junt'u Uta. Taypi Qullu lies northeast of Asu Asuni.

Janq'u Laqaya is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately 4,300 m (14,100 ft). It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, south of Ch'apiri.

Ch'apiri is a 4,302-metre-high (14,114 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality. It lies east of a village of that name. The Ch'apiri River originates at the mountain.. It flows to Curahuara de Carangas in the north.

References

1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I
↑ "Curahuara de Carangas". Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
↑ 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)
↑ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
↑ 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

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[igm-1] 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I

[2] "Curahuara de Carangas". Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.

[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] "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2015.

[escale-5] scale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)

[6] 00033-2009-AI - Tribunal Constitucional del Perú, October 2009

[hospicio-7] Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD