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Tuqma Urqu

Coordinates: 17°52′03″S 65°18′41″W / 17.86750°S 65.31139°W / -17.86750; -65.31139
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Tuqma
Tuqma is located in Bolivia
Tuqma
Tuqma
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation2,822 m (9,259 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°52′03″S 65°18′41″W / 17.86750°S 65.31139°W / -17.86750; -65.31139
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Tuqma (Quechua tuqma canine tooth, urqu mountain,[2][3] "canine tooth mountain", also spelled Tucma Orkho) is a 2,822-metre-high (9,259 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Mizque Province, Mizque Municipality. The Tuqma River or Tuqma Mayu (Quechua) which originates northwest of the mountain, south of a peak named Tuqma flows along its western slope.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:100,000 Mizque 3835
  2. ^ "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Quechua, Quechua - Castellano, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  3. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  4. ^ "Mizque". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 9, 2016.