Jaruma, Mountain summit in Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Jaruma is a 4,863-metre mountain in the Bolivian Andes, in the Potosí Department's Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality. It stands between the Uyuni salt flat to the east and the Napa salt flat to the west. Its highest neighbours are Mancha to the south-east and Thuwa to the south, and the smaller Wiraqucha Qullu rises on its south-western slope.
The name Jaruma comes from Aymara: jaru, bitter, and uma, water, meaning bitter water. The mountain lies in the Llica Municipality of Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, between the Uyuni salt flat to the east and the Napa salt flat to the west. Its south-western slope carries a smaller mountain named Wiraqucha Qullu.
The name Jaruma comes from Aymara: jaru, bitter, and uma, water, meaning "bitter water". The mountain stands in Llica Municipality, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, between the Uyuni salt flat to the east and the Napa salt flat to the west. The smaller peak on its south-western slope is called Wiraqucha Qullu (Huirajocha Kkollu).
Jaruma stands in Llica Municipality, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, between the Uyuni salt flat to the east and the Napa salt flat to the west. Access is from the Llica side; the nearest larger peaks are Mancha to the south-east and Thuwa to the south. The smaller mountain on its south-western slope is Wiraqucha Qullu.
Jaruma lies between the Uyuni salt flat to the east and the Napa salt flat to the west, in the Llica Municipality of Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department. Its name comes from Aymara jaru (bitter) and uma (water), meaning "bitter water". The smaller mountain on its south-western slope is called Wiraqucha Qullu.
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