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Wila Pukarani (
Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''wila'' red or blood, ''pukara''
pucará The Pucará culture was an archaeological culture which developed in Qullaw, along the north-western shore of Lake Titicaca. It was characterized by a hierarchy of smaller centers and villages scattered throughout the northern basin of the Titi ...
(fortress) or mountain of protection, ''-ni'' Aymara suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a red ''pukara''", Hispanicized spellings ''Vila Pucarani'' / ''Villa Pucarani'') is a volcano located in the Coipasa salt pan in the
Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
n
Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish language, Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechuan languages, Quechua and Aymara language, Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla people, Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extens ...
. It is approximately 4,920 m high, reaching a prominence of at least 1,200 m. It is situated in the
Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The depar ...
,
Sabaya Province Sabaya (formerly ''Atahuallpa'') is a province in the west central section of the Bolivian Oruro Department. Its seat is the town of Sabaya. Location Sabaya Province is one of sixteen provinces forming Oruro Department. It is located between 18° ...
, Coipasa Municipality. The town of Coipasa lies on its northeastern side. An age of 3.7 million years has been inferred from the erosion status of the mountain, which shows evidence of
Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...
glaciation.


See also

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Lauca River The Lauca River is a binational river. It originates in the Chilean Altiplano of the Arica and Parinacota Region, crosses the Andes and empties into Coipasa Lake in Bolivia. The upper reach of the river lies within the boundaries of Lauca Na ...


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Volcanoes of Oruro Department Four-thousanders of the Andes {{Oruro-geo-stub