Pukara (disambiguation)

A pukara (Aymara and Quechua for "fortress", hispanicized spellings pucara, pucará, also pukará) is a pre-Hispanic central Andean fortress.

The Pukara culture was an archaeological culture which developed in Qullaw, along the north-western shore of Lake Titicaca in the Andes mountains.

Pukara may also refer to:

Fortresses

 * Pukara, Coporaque, an archaeological site in the Coporaque District, Caylloma Province, Arequipa Region, Peru
 * Pucará, Puno, an archaeological site in the Puno Region, Peru, and focus of the Pucará culture of the first centuries AD
 * Pukara, Víctor Fajardo, an archaeological site in the Víctor Fajardo Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru
 * Pukara, Vilcas Huamán, an archaeological site on top of the mountain Pukara in the Vilcas Huamán Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru
 * Chena Pukara in Chile
 * Puka Pukara just outside the city of Cusco, Peru
 * Waqra Pukara in the Upper Apurímac canyon, Cusco Region, Peru
 * Pukará de Quitor, near San Pedro de Atacama, northern Chile
 * Pukará de Lasana in Chile
 * Pucara del Cerro La Muralla in Chile
 * Pukara de La Compañia in Chile
 * Pucará de Tilcara in Argentina

Places

 * Pucará Canton in Ecuador and its capital
 * Pucará District, Huancayo, a district in the Junín Region, Peru and its capital
 * Pucará District, Jaén, a district in the Cajamarca Region, Peru and its capital
 * Pucará District, Lampa, a district in the Puno Region, Peru and its capital
 * Pucará, Vallegrande, a town in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

Mountains

 * Pukara (Antiti), a mountain near Antiti in the San Pedro de Totora Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Cochabamba), a mountain in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Condesuyos), a mountain in the Condesuyos Province, Arequipa Region, Peru
 * Pukara (Cusco), in the Cusco Region, Peru
 * Pukara (Guaqui), in the Guaqui Municipality, Ingavi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Huacanapi), a mountain near Huacanapi in the San Pedro de Totora Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Jesús de Machaca), in the Jesús de Machaca Municipality, Ingavi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Lari), in the Lari District, Caylloma Province, Arequipa Region, Peru
 * Pukara (Loayza), in the Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Marquirivi), a mountain near Marquirivi in the San Pedro de Totora Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Mejillones), in the Carangas Municipality, Mejillones Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Moquegua), in the Moquegua Region, Peru
 * Pukara (Murillo), in the Murillo Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Pacajes), in the Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Poopó), in the Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Potosí), a mountain in the Potosí Department, Bolivia
 * Pukara (Sandia), a mountain in the Sandia Province, Puno Region, Peru, with an archaeological site on top
 * Pukara (Tarucani), in the Tarucani District, Arequipa Province, Arequipa Region, Peru
 * Pukara (Yapu Qullu), near Yapu Qullu in the Carangas Municipality, Mejillones Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

River

 * Pukara Mayu, a river in Bolivia

Others

 * Club Pucará, and Argentine sports club
 * FMA IA 58 Pucará, an Argentine counter-insurgency / attack aircraft