The Ch'alla Jawira (

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

''ch'alla'' sand, ''jawira'' river, "sand river", also spelled ''Challa Jahuira'') which upstream successively is named Chilla Jawira, Pichini Jawira, Janq'u Quta and Siwinqa is a river in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is a left tributary of the Desaguadero River. Named Chilla Jawira the river originates from an intermittent stream at near another river named Ch'alla Jawira and a mountain named Jallawani in the

Pacajes Province Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Coro Coro. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:Boliviam IGM map Rosario Hoja 5841-IV The most important river of the province ...

, Callapa Municipality. At first its direction is to the south. It flows along Romero Pampa and Pichini where it receives the name Pichini Jawira and shortly afterwards Janq'u Quta ("white lake"). North of Janq'u Qalani it turns to the southwest and gets the name Siwinqa. Near Jarana Pampa it turns to the west and changes its name to Ch'alla Jawira. It keeps this name up to its confluence with the Desaguadero River east of

Callapa Callapa is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Santiago de Callapa Municipality, the eighth municipal section of the Pacajes Province Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is ...

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Rivers of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{Bolivia-river-stub