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P'aqla Urqu

Coordinates: 19°12′37″S 65°21′03″W / 19.21028°S 65.35083°W / -19.21028; -65.35083
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P'aqla Urqu
P'aqla Urqu is located in Bolivia
P'aqla Urqu
P'aqla Urqu
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,260 m (10,700 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°12′37″S 65°21′03″W / 19.21028°S 65.35083°W / -19.21028; -65.35083
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Chuquisaca Department
Parent rangeAndes

P'aqla Urqu (Quechua p'aqla bald, urqu mountain,[2] "bald mountain", also spelled Phajla Orkho) is a 3,038-metre-high (9,967 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Chuquisaca Department, Oropeza Province, Yotala Municipality. P'aqla Urqu lies at the Panti Mayu which is a left tributary of the Pillku Mayu (Quechua for "red river").[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:50,000 Tasapampa 6536-III
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Yotala". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.