Alalay Municipality

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Alalay Municipality
Municipality
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Alalay Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°50′S66°29′W / 17.833°S 66.483°W / -17.833; -66.483
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Mizque Province
Seat Alalay
Government
 • MayorJuan Rosas Camacho (2007)
 • PresidentJuan Rios Rojas (2007)
Elevation
13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total4,931
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Alalay Municipality is the third municipal section of the Mizque Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Alalay.

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Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below: [1] [2]

Languages

The languages spoken in the Alalay Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish. [3]

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 4,529
Aymara 12
Guaraní 9
Another native1
Spanish 1,002
Foreign4
Only native3,549
Native and Spanish987
Only Spanish15

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References

  1. ↑ Bolivia 1:100,000 Punata 3735
  2. ↑ "Alalay". INE, Bolivia. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)


Coordinates: 17°50′00″S65°29′00″W / 17.8333°S 65.4833°W / -17.8333; -65.4833

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