Pukara
Highest point
Elevation3,908 m (12,822 ft)[1]
Coordinates16°57′05″S 67°54′42″W / 16.95139°S 67.91167°W / -16.95139; -67.91167
Geography
LocationBolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province
Parent rangeAndes

Pukara (Aymara for fortress,[2] Hispanicized spelling Pucara) is a 3,908-metre-high (12,822 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It lies in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Sapahaqui Municipality.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 IGM map 1:50,000 6043-III Sapahaqui
  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. "Sapahaqui". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2014.


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