Puka Puka (La Paz)

This article is about the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Puka Puka.
Puka Puka
Puka Puka is located in Bolivia
Puka Puka
Puka Puka
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,840 m (15,880 ft)
Coordinates14°46′21″S 69°04′49″W / 14.77250°S 69.08028°W / -14.77250; -69.08028
Geography
LocationBolivia
Parent rangeAndes

Puka Puka (Quechua puka red,[1] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color", also spelled Puca Puca) is a mountain east of the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,840 m (15,880 ft). It is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, north of Pelechuco. It lies west of P'isaqa[2][3] and southeast of Rit'i Apachita.

  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  3. ^ "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.