Puka Puka (Cochabamba)

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-metre-high (13,917 ft) 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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