Desaguadero Municipality

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Desaguadero (Peruvian side of the city), at the border Peru - Bolivia Poste frontiere desaguaderro.JPG
Desaguadero (Peruvian side of the city), at the border Peru - Bolivia
Location of Desaguadero in Bolivia and Peru, at Lake Winaymarka (Lake Titicaca) Lake Titicaca map.png
Location of Desaguadero in Bolivia and Peru, at Lake Wiñaymarka (Lake Titicaca)

Desaguadero Municipality is the fourth municipal section of Ingavi Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Desaguadero.

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Division

The municipality consists of the following two cantons: [1]

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. [2]

Ethnic group%
Quechua 1.3
Aymara 92.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.2
Not indigenous 5.6
Other indigenous groups0.1

Languages

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

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 74
Aymara 3,831
Guaraní 2
Another native0
Spanish 3,806
Foreign21
Only native959
Native and Spanish2,902
Only Spanish905

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are: [3]

See also

References

  1. National Institute of Statistic in Bolivia Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
  3. www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Tourist guide by the government of the department

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