| Putu Phutunqu | |
|---|---|
  Putu Phutunqu Location within Bolivia | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,112 m (13,491 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 17°42′53″S65°33′02″W / 17.71472°S 65.55056°W Coordinates: 17°42′53″S65°33′02″W / 17.71472°S 65.55056°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bolivia, Cochabamba Department |
| Parent range | Andes |
Putu Phutunqu (Aymara putu vault, phutunqu hole, pit, crater, [2] also spelled Putu Putuncu) is a 4,112-metre-high (13,491 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality and in the Mizque Province, Alalay Municipality. Putu Phutunqu lies southeast of Inka Pirqa. [1] [3]
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.
In architecture, a vault is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. The simplest kind of vault is the barrel vault, which is generally semicircular in shape. The barrel vault is a continuous arch, the length being greater than its diameter. As in building an arch, a temporary support is needed while rings of voussoirs are constructed and the rings placed in position. Until the topmost voussoir, the keystone, is positioned, the vault is not self-supporting. Where timber is easily obtained, this temporary support is provided by centering consisting of a framed truss with a semicircular or segmental head, which supports the voussoirs until the ring of the whole arch is completed. With a barrel vault, the centering can then be shifted on to support the next rings.
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.
