Laram Q'awa (Río Blanco)

Laram Q'awa (Aymara larama blue, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth,[2][3] "blue brook" or "blue ravine", also spelled Laramkhaua) is a 4,996-metre-high (16,391 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Pacajes Province, Charaña Municipality, north-west of Río Blanco. An intermittent stream which downstream is named Jach'a Uma ("big water", Jacha Uma) originates near the mountain. It flows to Achuta River in the south-east.[1][4]

This article is about the mountain near Río Blanco in the Charaña Municipality, Pacajes Province. For other uses, see Laram Q'awa.
Laram Q'awa
Laram Q'awa
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation4,996 m (16,391 ft) [1]
Coordinates17°50′38″S 69°09′15″W 
Geography
LocationBolivia,
La Paz Department, Pacajes Province
Parent rangeAndes

References
  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Río Blanco 5740-II
  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. "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, Para: Tercera Edición". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  4. "Charaña". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014. (unnamed, north-west of Pä Qullu (Pakkollu))


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