Atuq Wachana (Arce-Punata)

This article is about the mountain on the border of the Esteban Arce Province and the Punata Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Atuq Wachana.
Atuq Wachana
Atuq Wachana is located in Bolivia
Atuq Wachana
Atuq Wachana
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,862 m (12,671 ft)[1]
Coordinates17°43′49″S 65°45′23″W / 17.73028°S 65.75639°W / -17.73028; -65.75639
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Atuq Wachana (Quechua atuq fox, wacha birth, to give birth, -na a suffix,[2] 'where the fox is born', also spelled Atoj Huachana) is a 3,862-metre-high (12,671 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Esteban Arce Province, Sacabamba Municipality, and in the Punata Province, Cuchumuela Municipality. Atuq Wachana lies between Wila Jaqhi in the northeast and Pukara in the southwest.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolivia 1:100,000 Punata 3735
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Sacabamba". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.


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