Pukara (Loayza)

This article is about the mountain in the Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Pukara (disambiguation).
Pukara
Pukara

Bolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province

Elevation 3,908 m (12,822 ft)[1]
Location
Range Andes
Coordinates 16°57′05″S 67°54′42″W / 16.95139°S 67.91167°WCoordinates: 16°57′05″S 67°54′42″W / 16.95139°S 67.91167°W

Pukara (Aymara for fortress,[2] hispanicized spelling Pucara) is a 3,908-metre (12,822 ft) high mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It lies in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Sapahaqui Municipality.[1][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IGM map 1:50,000 6043-III Sapahaqui
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ "Sapahaqui". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 15, 2014.