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:

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Pukara Mayu, a river in Bolivia

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

• Pukar (disambiguation)
• Pucarani, a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia
• Pukarani (Peru), a mountain in the Puno Region, Peru
• Anti Pukara, a mountain in the Cusco Region, Peru
• Inka Pukara (disambiguation), several mountains
• Jach'a Pukara, a mountain in the Larecaja Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
• Jach'a Pukara (Inquisivi), a mountain in the Inquisivi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
• Wila Pukara, a mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia
• Wila Pukarani, a mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia