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'uch'u'' cold, cold liquid, ''jawira'' river, "cold river", Hispanicized spelling ''Chuchu Jahuira'') is a
Bolivia
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Larecaja Province
Larecaja is a province in the Bolivian La Paz Department. It was founded by Antonio José de Sucre on October 18, 1826. Its capital is Sorata.
Geography
The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province ar ...
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Sorata Municipality
Sorata Municipality (Aymara: ''Surat'a'') is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th hi ...
. Its waters flow the Kaka River which belongs to the watershed of the
Beni River
The Beni River ( es, Río Beni) is a river in the north of Bolivia.
It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast. The Madre de Dios River is where its mouth is at. In the upper portion of its course it flows through highland forest and rainforest, ...
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Ch'uch'u Jawira originates north of the main range of the Cordillera Real near the mountains
Ch'uch'u
Ch'uch'u (Aymara for cold, cold liquid, also spelled ''Chuchu'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Ch'uch'u lies north of the main range of the C ...
and Llachasani. Along the mountains Wila Wilani and
Jach'a Waylla Punta
Jach'a Waylla Punta (Aymara ''jach'a'' big, ''waylla'' ''Stipa obtusa'', a kind of feather grass,Wila Quta and the
Janq'u Uma
Ancohuma or Janq'u Uma (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''uma'' water, "white water", also spelled Janq'uma, other spellings, ''Jankho Uma'', ''Jankhouma'') is the third highest mountain in Bolivia (after Sajama and Illimani). It is located in the no ...
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Illampu
Illampu is the fourth highest mountain in Bolivia. It is located in the northern section of the Cordillera Real, part of the Andes, east of Lake Titicaca. It lies just north of the slightly higher Janq'u Uma, near the town of Sorata. Laguna Gla ...