Ch'alla Jawira (Callapa)

This article is about the river in the Callapa Municipality, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Ch'alla Jawira.

The Ch'alla Jawira (Aymara ch'alla sand, jawira river,^[1] "sand river", also spelled Challa Jahuira) which upstream successively is named Chilla Jawira, Pichini Jawira, Janq'u Quta and Siwinqa^[2] is a river in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is a left tributary of the Desaguadero River.^[2][3][4]

Ch'alla Jawira
Etymology	Aymara
Location
Country	Bolivia
Region	La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Callapa Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Andes
• location	Calapa Municipality
• coordinates	17°19′00″S 68°12′45″W
Mouth	Desaguadero River
• location	Calapa Municipality
• coordinates	17°28′30″S 68°18′55″W

Named Chilla Jawira the river originates from an intermittent stream at 17°19′00″S 68°12′45″W near another river named Ch'alla Jawira and a mountain named Jallawani in the Pacajes Province, Callapa Municipality.^[2][5] 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^[3] ("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 at 17°28′30″S 68°18′55″W.^[4]

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 Cañaviri 5942-II
3. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Umala 5941-I
4. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Callapa 5941-IV
5. "Callapa". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016. (unnamed)