Jiwaña (

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

for to die /

massacre A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians Glossary of French words and expressions in English#En masse, en masse by an armed ...

, slaughter, slaughtering, Hispanicized names ''Coverane, Coverane Gihuana, Gihuana, Koverane'') is a mountain in the

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

of southern

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, about high. It is located in the

Puno Region Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...

, El Collao Province,

Capazo District Capazo District is one of five districts of the province El Collao in Puno Region, Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region) * Jiwañ ...

. Jiwaña lies west of

Tuma Tumani Tuma Tumani (Aymara language, Aymara ''tuma'' detour, a long way round, the reduplication signifies that there is a group or a complex of something, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with many detours", Hispanicized and broken name ...

and southeast of

Wila Chunkara Wila Chunkara ( Aymara ''wila'' blood, blood-red, ''chunkara'' pointed mountain, "red pointed mountain", Hispanicized spelling ''Vilachuncara'') is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Coll ...

. It is south of the plain named Jiwaña Pampa ''(Jihuaña Pampa)''. The Jiwaña River ''(Jihuaña)'' originates near the mountain. It flows through the plain before it reaches the Mawri River (Mauri).

References

Five-thousanders of the Andes Mountains of the Department of Puno {{Puno-geo-stub