P'aqu Urqu (Bolivia)
P'aqu Urqu (Quechua p'aqu meaning blond, fair, a color similar to gold, and urqu meaning mountain. "'blond' or slightly golden mountain", Hispanicized spelling Paco Orkho) is a 5,182-metre-high (17,001 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, Sud Lípez Province, San Pablo de Lípez Municipality, southwest of San Pablo de Lípez. P'aqu Urqu lies between the mountains Yuraq Urqu and Yana Urqu in the northwest and Waqrayuq in the southeast.
A little river named Ñañu Mayu ("slim river", Nanu Mayu) originates northeast of the mountain. It flows to the west.
References
- ^ BIGM map 1:50,000 San Pablo de Lípez 6228-I
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ "San Pablo de Lípez". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
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