Kachi Mayu (Chuquisaca)

Kachi Mayu (Quechua kachi salt, mayu river,[1] "salt river", also spelled Cachi) is a Bolivian river in the Chuquisaca Department, Oropeza Province, in the Sucre and Yotalla Municipalities.[2] It is a left tributary of the Pillku Mayu, not to be confused with the Kachi Mayu in the Oruro Department which is the headwater of the Pillku Mayu. The confluence is on the border of the Yotalla Municipality and the Potosí Department, west of the village of Tasapampa.[3]

This article is about the river in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Kachimayu.
Kachi Mayu
EtymologyQuechua
Location
CountryBolivia
RegionChuquisaca Department
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Chuquisaca Department (Yotalla Municipality) / Potosí Department
 • coordinates
19°18′48″S 65°15′59″W

See also

References
  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. "Yotala". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  3. Bolivia 1:50,000 Tasapampa 6536-III


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