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Machaqa Marka (Cochabamba)

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Mountain in Bolivia This article is about the mountain in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Machaqa Marka.
Machaqa Marka
Machaqa Marka is located in BoliviaMachaqa MarkaMachaqa MarkaLocation within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation3,862 m (12,671 ft)
Coordinates17°34′50″S 65°24′57″W / 17.58056°S 65.41583°W / -17.58056; -65.41583
Geography
LocationBolivia,
Cochabamba Department
Parent rangeAndes

Machaqa Marka (Aymara machaqa new, marka village, "new village", also spelled Machacamarca) is a 3,862-metre-high (12,671 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes near a village of that name. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality, north of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Inkallaqta. Machaqa Marka lies southeast of Jatun Salla and Mama Wasi.

Salla or Machaqa Marka is also the name of the river which originates near Jatun Salla and flows along the southern slope of Machaqa Marka. It runs to the southeast.

References

  1. ^ Bolivia 1:100,000 Mizque 3835
  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. "Pocona". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
Cochabamba Department
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