Puka Puka (Cochabamba)

This article is about the mountain in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Puka Puka.
Puka Puka
Puka Puka

Location within Bolivia

Highest point
Elevation 4,242 m (13,917 ft)[1]
Coordinates 17°53′50″S 66°26′28″W / 17.89722°S 66.44111°W / -17.89722; -66.44111Coordinates: 17°53′50″S 66°26′28″W / 17.89722°S 66.44111°W / -17.89722; -66.44111
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent range Andes

Puka Puka (Quechua puka red,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color", also spelled Puca Puca) is a 4,242 m (13,917 ft) high mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Arque Province, Arque Municipality.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolivia 1:100,000 Tarata 3635, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. "Arque". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 30, 2016.


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