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
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 betwe ...
in the La Paz Department of Bolivia
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Known as Wanun Jawira ("the river with dung", also spelled ''Wanun Jahuira'') it originates northeast of Chullunkäni in the 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 ...
. 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 it is called Qullpa Jawira ("salpeter river", ''Kollpajahuira''). The river seeps away south of Chijmuni at the border of the municipalities of Patacamaya and Sica Sica.[
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References
Rivers of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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