Copacabana Municipality, La Paz

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Copacabana Municipality
Municipality
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Copacabana Municipality
Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°9′0″S69°2′0″W / 16.15000°S 69.03333°W / -16.15000; -69.03333
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Manco Kapac Province
Seat Copacabana
Government
  MayorJuan Armando Callisaya Quispe
  PresidentAdela Calizaya de Mamani
Area
  Total
67 sq mi (174 km2)
Elevation
12,630 ft (3,850 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total
14,586
  Ethnicities
Aymara
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)
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Chelleca island, Lake Titicaca

Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana.

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Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) and Chelleca island are situated within the municipality.

Subdivision

The municipality was formerly, before the abolition of Bolivian cantons in 2009, divided into three cantons.

CantonInhabitants (2001) [1] Seat
Copacabana Canton 8,194 Copacabana
Lokha Canton 2,388 Lokha
Zampaya Canton 4,004 Zampaya

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group%
Quechua 0.9
Aymara 95.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.2
Not indigenous 3.0
Other indigenous groups0.1

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

The languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 185
Aymara 11,825
Guaraní 6
Another native4
Spanish 10,713
Foreign81
Only native3,020
Native and Spanish8,858
Only Spanish1,857

Places of interest

See also

References

  1. www.ine.gob.bo Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine