Jach'a Jawira (Oruro)

This article is about the river in the Oruro Department. For other uses, see Jach'a Jawira.
Jach'a Jawira
River
Name origin: Aymara
Country  Bolivia
Region Oruro Department
Mouth
 - location Choquecota Municipality, Carangas Province
 - coordinates BO 18°7′S 67°55′W / 18.117°S 67.917°W / -18.117; -67.917Coordinates: BO 18°7′S 67°55′W / 18.117°S 67.917°W / -18.117; -67.917

Jach'a Jawira (Aymara jach'a big, great, jawira river,[1] "great river", hispanicized spelling Jachcha Jahuira) is a Bolivian river north of Coipasa Lake in the Oruro Department. Coming from the Waylla Marka range northwest of Poopó Lake the river flows in a south-western direction along the village of Belén de Choquecota in the Nor Carangas Province towards the Carangas Province.[2][3] In the Choquecota Municipality, southwest of Choquecota, it empties into the Barras River which ends in Coipasa Lake.

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 1:50,000 Choquecota 6039-IV
  3. Choquecota Municipality: population data and map


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