Jach'a Jawira (Aroma)

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Jach'a Jawira
Etymology Aymara
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CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Region La Paz Department, Aroma Province
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 ⁃ location Patacamaya Municipality
 ⁃ coordinates 17°10′43″S67°49′33″W / 17.17861°S 67.82583°W / -17.17861; -67.82583
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 ⁃ location
 Patacamaya Municipality, Sica Sica Municipality
 ⁃ coordinates
 17°21′55″S67°51′03″W / 17.36528°S 67.85083°W / -17.36528; -67.85083 Coordinates: 17°21′55″S67°51′03″W / 17.36528°S 67.85083°W / -17.36528; -67.85083

The Jach'a Jawira (Aymara jach'a big, great, jawira river, [1] "big river", also spelled Jachcha Jahuira) which upstream is named Wanun Jawira and downstream successively is called Sasari and Qullpa Jawira is a river in the Aroma Province in the La Paz Department of Bolivia.

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is an official language of Bolivia. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in southern Peru and in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

Aroma Province Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Aroma is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department. It is situated in the southern parts of the department. Its seat is Sica Sica.

Bolivia Country in South America

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre, while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales, a mostly flat region in the east of the country.

Known as Wanun Jawira ("the river with dung", also spelled Wanun Jahuira) it originates northeast of Chullunkäni in the Patacamaya Municipality. After the confluence with other intermittent streams southeast of Chullunkhäni it receives the name Jach'a Jawira. Its direction is mainly to the southwest. South of the village of Pusuta it is named Sasari. [2] [3] In the Sica Sica Municipality west of Chijmuni (Chhijmuni) the river turns to the southeast. Now it is called Qullpa Jawira ("salpeter river", Kollpajahuira). The river seeps away south of Chijmuni at the border of the municipalities of Patacamaya and Sica Sica. [4] [5]

Chullunkhäni (La Paz) mountain in Bolivia

Chullunkhäni is a 4,824-metre-high (15,827 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Patacamaya Municipality. This is where the Jach'a Jawira originates. It flows to the southwest where it seeps away near the village of Chhijmuni (Chijmuni) in the Sica Sica Municipality.

Patacamaya Municipality Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Patacamaya or Patakamaya (Aymara) is the fifth municipal section of the Aroma Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Patacamaya.

Sica Sica Municipality Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Sica Sica Municipality is the first municipal section of the Aroma Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Sica Sica.

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References

  1. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ IGM Bolivia 1:50,000, Patacamaya 6042-III
  3. ↑ "Patacamaya". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ IGM Bolivia 1:50,000, Chijmuni 6041-IV
  5. ↑ "Sica Sica". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.


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