Sayt'u Qucha (Tiraque)

This article is about the lake in the Tiquipaya Municipality, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Sayt'u Qucha (disambiguation).

Sayt'u Qucha
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Location	Cochabamba Department, Tiraque Province, Tiraque Municipality
Coordinates	17°22′53″S65°39′28″W / 17.38139°S 65.65778°W / -17.38139; -65.65778
Basin  countries	Bolivia
Surface elevation	4,004 m (13,136 ft)

Sayt'u Qucha (Quechua sayt'u long and narrow, rectangular, ^[1] qucha lake, "long and narrow lake", ^[2] hispanicized spellings Saythu Khocha, Saytu Khocha, Saytu Qhocha) is a Bolivian lake located in the Cochabamba Department, Tiraque Province, Tiraque Municipality, Tiraque Canton ^[3] situated about 4,004 m high.

References

1. katari.org Archived 2017-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Quechua-Spanish dictionary: Sayt'u(adj.) - Largo y angosto, forma rectangular.
2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): qucha, qhucha, quchacha. s. Laguna. Lago pequeño.qucha, qhucha. s. Lago. Gran masa de agua en una depresión.
3. Tiraque Municipality: population data and map showing "Laguna Saythu Khocha"