Pukara_(Pacajes)

Pukara (Pacajes)

Pukara (Pacajes)

Mountain in Bolivia

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

Pukara (Aymara for fortress,[2] Hispanicized spelling Pucara) is a 4,266-metre-high (13,996 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality. Pukara lies north of the Anallajsi volcano, north-west of the mountain Pichaqa and south-west of the mountains Urqipi and Churi Willk'i. It is situated at the Jalsuri River, a right affluent of the Achuta River. The village of Pukara (Pucara) lies at its feet, south-east of it.[1][3]

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  1. [1]
    Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Huancarama 5840-IV
  2. [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. [3]
    "Calacoto". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014. (unnamed)


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