Pari Urqu

{{short description|Mountain in Bolivia}}

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| name = Pari Urqu

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| photo_caption = Potosí with the mountains Pari Urqu and Cerro Rico or P'utuqsi Urqu in the background

| elevation_m = 3950

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| location = Bolivia, Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province

| range = Andes

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Pari Urqu (Aymara pari red hot,[http://www.katari.org/diccionario/diccionario.php www.katari.org] Aymara-Spanish dictionary: Pari (s.) - Candente, objecto calentado al máximo. Quechua pari warm, to get very hot, overheated, urqu mountain,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua - Castellano - Castellano - Quechua, 2007: pari. - adj. Caldeado, -da. Objeto o sitio muy caliente. urqu. s. Cerro. / Cerro de Potosí: P'utuqsi urqu. "hot mountain", hispanicized spellings Pari Orcko, Pary Orcko, Pari Orco) is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia, about 3,950 m (12,959 ft) high. It is located in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality. Pari Urqu lies in the west of Potosí, north west of the higher Cerro Rico (Spanish name), P'utuqsi Urqu or Sumaq Urqu (Quechua names) which lies in the south of Potosí.

There is a tower on the top of Pari Urqu which has a revolving restaurant to give a 360 degree view of the town.