Batallas Municipality

Batallas
Municipality
Coordinates: 16°15′S68°25′W / 16.250°S 68.417°W / -16.250; -68.417
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Los Andes Province
Seat	Batallas
Population  (2001)
• Total	18.693 [1]
• Ethnicities	Aymara
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below: ^[2]

• Ari Sirka
• Ch'iyar T'ikhi
• Jach'a Juqhu
• Jach'a Pata
• Jach'a Qullu
• Jach'a T'uxu
• Jisk'a Pata
• Jisk'a Turini
• Juqhun K'ark'a
• Kimsa Chata
• Kimsa Phujru
• Kuntur Jipiña
• Laram Salla
• Mich'ini
• Mullu Apachita
• Patapatani
• Pura Purani
• Phaq'u Kiwuta
• Qala T'uxu
• Qawiña
• Qulin Tuqu
• Qullqi Chata
• Q'ara Quta
• Taypi K'uchu
• Tira K'ark'a
• Warawarani
• Wari Sipitaña
• Wari Umaña
• Wila Lluxi
• Wila Wilani
• Wintanani

Languages

The languages spoken in the Batallas Municipality are mainly Aymara, Spanish and Quechua.

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	181
Aymara	18,360
Guaraní	6
Another native	14
Spanish	13,336
Foreign	66
Only native	6,585
Native and Spanish	11,816
Only Spanish	1,525

See also

• Jach'a Jawira
• Janq'u Quta
• Lawrawani Lake
• Q'ara Quta

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
2. Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090218081859/http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive link)

16°15′00″S68°25′00″W / 16.25°S 68.4167°W / -16.25; -68.4167