Lake Paracota (possibly from
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 ...
''phara'' dry, ''quta'' lake) is a lake in
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
located in the
Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...
,
Puno Province,
Pichacani District
Pichacani (hispanicized spelling) or Pichaqani (Aymara ''pichaqa'' a big needle, ''-ni'' a suffix, "the one with a big needle") is one of the fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru.
Geography
Some of the highest moun ...
.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Puno Province 2 (Puno Region)] It is situated at a height of about . Lake Paracota lies southeast of the larger Lake Jucumarini.
References
Lakes of Peru
Lakes of the Department of Puno
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