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Wañuma (Bolivia)

Coordinates: 19°19′58″S 65°38′50″W / 19.33278°S 65.64722°W / -19.33278; -65.64722
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Wañuma
Wañuma is located in Bolivia
Wañuma
Wañuma
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,202 m (13,786 ft)[1]
Coordinates19°19′58″S 65°38′50″W / 19.33278°S 65.64722°W / -19.33278; -65.64722
Geography
LocationBolivia
Potosí Department
Parent rangeAndes

Wañuma (Aymara waña dry, uma water,[2] "dry water", erroneously also spelled KHuañuma) is a 4,202-metre-high (13,786 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Tacobamba Municipality. Wañuma lies on the right bank of the Ch'aki Mayu (Quechua for "dry river"). Its waters flow to the Pillku Mayu (Quechua for "red river"):[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b BIGM map 1.50,000 6436-II Colavi
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Tacobamba". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved May 7, 2016.