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Jach'a Jawira (Aroma)
The Jach'a Jawira ( Aymara ''jach'a'' big, great, ''jawira'' river, "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. 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. In the Sica Sica Municipality Sica Sica Municipality (Aymara: ''Sika Sika'') is the first municipal section of the Aroma Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Sica Sica Sica Sica (Aymara: ''Sika Sika'') is a small town and capital of Aroma Province in the ... west of Chijmuni (Chhijmuni) the river turns to the southeast. Now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aymara Language
Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one million speakers are Nahuatl, Quechua languages, and Guaraní. Aymara, along with Spanish and Quechua, is an official language in Bolivia and Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language. Some linguists have claimed that Aymara is related to its more widely spoken neighbor, Quechua. That claim, however, is disputed. Although there are indeed similarities, like the nearly identical phonologies, the majority position among linguists today is that the similarities are better explained as areal features rising from prolonged cohabitation, rather than natural genealogical changes that would stem from a common protolanguage. Aymara is an agglutinating and, to a cert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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La Paz Department, Bolivia
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2012 census population of 2,706,359 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with adjacent Peru. It contains the '' Cordillera Real'', which reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the ''Yungas'', the steep eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains that make the transition to the Amazon River basin to the northeast. The capital of the department is the city of La Paz and is the administrative city and seat of government/national capital of Bolivia. Provinces The Department of La Paz is divided into 20 provinces (''provincias'') which are further subdivided into 85 municipalities (''municipios'') and - on the fourth level - into cantons. The provinces with their capitals are: Government The chief executive office of Bolivia's departments (since May 2010) is the Governor; before then, the office was called the Prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aroma Province
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 (Sika Sika). Location Aroma province is located between 16° 43' and 17° 35' South and between 67° 22' and 68° 23' West. It extends over 120 km from north west to south east, and up to 55 km from north east to south west. The province is situated on the Bolivian Altiplano south east of Lake Titicaca and borders Ingavi Province in the north west, Pacajes Province in the west, Gualberto Villarroel Province in the south, Oruro Department in the south east, Loayza Province in the east, and Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the north. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Population The population of Aroma Province has increased by 80% over the recent two decades: *1992: 65,730 inhabitants (census) *2001: 86,480 inhabitants (census) *2005: 99,162 inhabitants (est.) *2010: 110,41 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patacamaya Municipality
Patacamaya or Patakamaya ( Aymara) is the fifth municipal section of the Aroma Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Patacamaya. See also * Chullunkhäni * Ch'alla Jawira * Inka Pukara * Jach'a Jawira * Llallawa * Misk'i Wat'a Misk'i Wat'a (Aymara ''misk'i'' honey; sweet, wat'a island, "honey (or sweet) island", also spelled ''Misqui Huata'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Pro ... * Sipi Sipi References Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sica Sica Municipality
Sica Sica Municipality (Aymara: ''Sika Sika'') is the first municipal section of the Aroma Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Sica Sica Sica Sica (Aymara: ''Sika Sika'') is a small town and capital of Aroma Province in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia. It is located some 115 kilometres from La Paz, on the southwestern edge of the Serrania de Sicasica, a ridge, which is b .... Geography Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below: See also * Jach'a Jawira References *Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia (INE) Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chullunkhäni (La Paz)
Chullunkhäni ( Aymara ''chullunkhä'' ('ä' stands for a long 'a') icicle, ''-ni'' a suffix, "the one with icicles", also spelled ''Chulluncani'') is a 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 Sica Sica Municipality (Aymara: ''Sika Sika'') is the first municipal section of the Aroma Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Sica Sica Sica Sica (Aymara: ''Sika Sika'') is a small town and capital of Aroma Province in the .... References Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
