Yawa Yawa

Yawa Yawa
Yawa Yawa
Location in Bolivia on the border with Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft)
Coordinates 14°33′46″S 69°08′14″W / 14.56278°S 69.13722°W / -14.56278; -69.13722Coordinates: 14°33′46″S 69°08′14″W / 14.56278°S 69.13722°W / -14.56278; -69.13722 
Geography
Location Bolivia–Peru border
Parent range Andes

Yawa Yawa (Aymara yawa a spear without iron,[1] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of spears", also spelled Yagua Yagua) is a mountain northeast of the Apolobamba mountain range at the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. On the Bolivian side it is located in the La Paz Department, Franz Tamayo Province, Pelechuco Municipality, and on the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Sina District. Yawa Yawa is situated south of the mountain Ch'amakani and northeast of Punta Yawri. Yawa Yawa is also the name of a little lake near the mountain.[2][3][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 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
  3. ↑ "Pelechuco". ine.gob.bo. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Putina Province (Puno Region)


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