Phaq'u Q'awa (Moquegua-Tacna) Explained

Phaq'u Q'awa is a 4796m (15,735feet) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is located in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, Candarave District. It lies west of a lake named Aqhuya Ch'alla (Ajuachaya, Pasto Grande) and southeast of Wila Wilani (or Ch'ankha Qullu).

Name

Phaq'u Q'awa derives from Aymara language terms,, or meaning the color light brown, reddish, fair-haired, or dark chestnut, and meaning little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, or gap in the earth,^[2] the name thus meaning "brown brook" or "brown ravine". The Hispanicized spelling is Pacocahua or Pajojañua.^{[1] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Peru 1:100,000, Hospicio 2837, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
2. Web site: Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición. Félix Layme Pairumani. October 18, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130902185052/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/diccionario/dicframe.html. September 2, 2013.
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Candarave Province (Tacna Region)
4. 00033-2009-AI - Tribunal Constitucional del Perú, October 2009