Jach'a Jawira (Calacoto)

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Jach'a Jawira
River
Name origin: Aymara
Country Bolivia
Region La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Tributaries
 - left Nasa Q'ara, Waña Jawira, Jach'a Q'awa,
Q'uwa Jawira
 - right Wisk'achani, Qillqani, Urqu Jawira
Source
 - location Calacoto Municipality

Jach'a Jawira (Aymara jach'a big, jawira river, [1] "big river", also spelled Jachcha Jahuira) which upstream is called Anallajchi and Sura K'uchu and downstream successively is named Qincha Jawira and Achuta is a Bolivian river in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Calacoto Municipality. It is a right tributary of the Achuta River (later named Río Blanco) which originates near the Chilean border and flows northeast to reach the Mauri River.

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 one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

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 Bolivia.

Pacajes Province Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Coro Coro.

Jach'a Jawira originates west of the mountain Anallajchi as an intermittent stream named Anallajchi. Shortly afterwards it is called Sura K'uchu. It flows to the northeast. After getting waters from another intermittent stream named Pujalsu it receives the name Jach'a Jawira. Now its direction is to the east until Urqu Jawira, its most important affluent from the right, joins the river. From now on the river flows to the north where it is called Qincha Jawira ("totora mat river", Khencha Jahuira). Before its confluence with the Achuta River from the southwest it changes its name to Achuta. The confluence is northeast of Q'ara Qullu (Caracollo). [2] [3]

Nevado Anallajsi mountain

Nevado Anallajsi is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. The date of its last eruption is unknown, but its youngest lava flows appear to have erupted from a vent on the north flank of the mountain. The main composition of the volcano is andesitic and dacitic. It overlies a plateau which is composed of ignimbrite. The volcano covers an area of 368.8 square kilometres (142.4 sq mi) and is 10.2 mya old based on its erosion state, while other estimates indicate an age of 2.6 mya.

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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. Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Okoruro 3135
  3. "Calacoto". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.