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Puka Urqu (Chuquisaca)

Coordinates: 19°21′26″S 64°51′50″W / 19.35722°S 64.86389°W / -19.35722; -64.86389
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Puka Urqu
Puka Urqu is located in Bolivia
Puka Urqu
Puka Urqu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,220 m (10,560 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°21′26″S 64°51′50″W / 19.35722°S 64.86389°W / -19.35722; -64.86389
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

Puka Urqu (Quechua puka red, urqu mountain,[2] "red mountain", also spelled Puca Orkho) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 3,220 m (10,560 ft). It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Jaime Zudáñez Province, Icla Municipality.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Icla 6635-IV
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Icla". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.