Phaq'u Q'awa is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, with an elevation of . It is located in the Charaña Municipality of the La Paz Department, near the border with Chile. The mountain lies northwest of Kunturiri and southeast of Laram Q'awa.1:50,000 scale map Nevados Payachata Hoja 5739-I published by the Instituto Geográfico Militar de Bolivia (Bolivian Military Geographic Institute). The nearest peak to the east is Jaruma, an Aymara name meaning "bitter water". One of three rivers in the area originates north of Phaq'u Q'awa and flows in a curve along the northern slopes of Laram Q'awa toward Chile. (Paco Khau)
Etymology The name Phaq'u Q'awa comes from the Aymara words phaq'u, paqu, or p'aqu, meaning light brown, reddish, fair-haired, or dark chestnut, and q'awa, meaning little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, or gap in the earth. The name can be translated as "brown brook" or "brown ravine". Hispanicized spellings include Pacocahua and Pajojañua.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)00033-2009-AI - Tribunal Constitucional del Perú, October 2009Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
See also Jach'a Kunturiri Sajama National Park
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