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Puka Qawiña

Coordinates: 17°52′36″S 65°48′08″W / 17.87667°S 65.80222°W / -17.87667; -65.80222
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Puka Qawiña
Puka Qawiña is located in Bolivia
Puka Qawiña
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,512 m (11,522 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°52′36″S 65°48′08″W / 17.87667°S 65.80222°W / -17.87667; -65.80222
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Puka Qawiña (Aymara puka colored, qawiña gable,[2][3] "red gable", also spelled Puca Cahuiña) is a 3,512-metre-high (11,522 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, at the border of the Esteban Arce Province, Anzaldo Municipality, and the Mizque Province, Vila Vila Municipality. Puka Qawiña lies southeast of Tikrasqa, east of the village of Puka Pampa (Puca Pampa).[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:100,000 Punata 3735
  2. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016. (see: Triangular)
  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. ^ "Vila Vila". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.