Phaq'u Q'awa (Moquegua-Tacna)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Moquegua Region and the Tacna Region, Peru. For other uses, see Phaq'u Q'awa (disambiguation).

Phaq'u Q'awa
Phaq'u Q'awa Peru
Highest point
Elevation	4,796 m (15,735 ft)[1]
Coordinates	16°47′57″S 70°15′11″W
Geography
Location	Peru, Moquegua Region, Tacna Region
Parent range	Andes

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 4,796-metre-high (15,735 ft) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District. It lies west of a lake named Aqhuya Ch'alla (Ajuachaya, Pasto Grande) and southeast of Wila Wilani (or Ch'ankha Qullu).[2]

Name

Phaq'u Q'awa derives from Aymara language terms phaq'u, paqu, or p'aqu meaning the color light brown, reddish, fair-haired, or dark chestnut, and q'awa meaning little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, or gap in the earth,[3][4] the name thus meaning "brown brook" or "brown ravine". The Hispanicized spelling is Pacocahua or Pajojañua.[1][2][5]

References

1. Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)
3. 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)
4. "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
5. 00033-2009-AI - Tribunal Constitucional del Perú, October 2009