Caranavi

Caranavi
Main square in Caranavi
Caranavi Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 15°50′S67°34′W / 15.833°S 67.567°W / -15.833; -67.567
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Caranavi Province
Municipality	Caranavi Municipality
Elevation	976 m (3,202 ft)
Population  (2024) [1]
• Total	69.000
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)
Climate	Aw
Sources: Google Maps [2]

Caranavi is the capital of the Caranavi Province in the Yungas region of Bolivia.

Caruaru its the sister city of caranavi.

On 23 December 2009, part of the province was detached from the municipality of Caranavi to become the municipality of Alto Beni. ^[3]

Geography

Caranavi is north of Coroico, on the road from La Paz to Rurrenabaque. It is in mountainous terrain at the confluence of the Yara and Coroico Rivers.

Sister city of caranavi:

Caranavi only has one sister city

• Caruaru, Brazil, since 2010

References

1. www.ine.gov.bo Archived October 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine - National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (in Spanish)
2. Google Maps - Caranavi
3. Entre 2005 y 2009 se crearon 10 nuevos municipios en Bolivia Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine