Thuwa (

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 spit out, belch out, also spelled ''Togua, Towa'') is a mountain in the

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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 ...

. It is located in the

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. Thuwa lies between the

Uyuni salt flat Salar de Uyuni (or "Salar de Tunupa") is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at in area. It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of above sea level. The Salar wa ...

in the east and the Napa or Thuwa salt flat ''(Salar de Togua)'' in the west. The highest neighboring mountains are Jaruma in the north and Mancha in the east. The smaller mountain at the north-western slope of Thuwa is named Wiraqucha Qullu ''(Huirajocha Kkollu)''. The plain west of the mountain is named Thuwa Pampa ''(Towa Pampa, Pampa de Togua)''.

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