Challwa Mayu, Bolivia

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Challwa Mayu
Coordinates: 17°33′54″S65°35′42″W / 17.56500°S 65.59500°W / -17.56500; -65.59500
Country Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Arani Province
Municipality Vacas Municipality
Elevation
3,474 m (11,398 ft)
Population
 (2001)
  Total770
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Challwa Mayu [1] (Quechua challwa fish, mayu river, [2] "fish river", hispaniciced spelling Challhua Mayu) is a Bolivian village in the south-east of the Cochabamba Department located in the Arani Province, Vacas Municipality, north-west of Vacas. At the time of census 2001 it had 770 inhabitants. [3]

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The Ismael Montes Teacher Training College is situated in Challwa Mayu. [4]

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References

  1. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: Challwamayu
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): challwa - s. Pescado. Pez sacado del agua.challwa - s. Pez. Animal acuático vertebrado.mayu - s. Río.
  3. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. lostiempos.com Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine