Tuma Tumani (

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 ...

''tuma'' detour, a long way round, the

reduplication In linguistics, reduplication is a Morphology (linguistics), morphological process in which the Root (linguistics), root or Stem (linguistics), stem of a word, part of that, or the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change. The cla ...

signifies that there is a group or a complex of something, ''-ni'' a

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to indicate ownership, "the one with many detours", Hispanicized and broken name ''Tomaromani'') 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 situated 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 ...

. Tuma Tumani lies east of the mountain

Jiwaña Jiwaña (Aymara language, Aymara for to die / massacre, Animal slaughter, slaughter, slaughtering, Hispanicized names ''Coverane, Coverane Gihuana, Gihuana, Koverane'') is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about high. It is located in th ...

at the plain named Jiwaña Pampa. The Jiwaña River flows along its slopes before it reaches the Mawri River (Mauri).escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)

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

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