Guaqui Municipality

Guaqui Municipality
Municipality
Location of the municipality within Ingavi province
Guaqui Municipality Location of the Guaqui Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°37′0″S68°50′0″W / 16.61667°S 68.83333°W / -16.61667; -68.83333
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Ingavi Province
Seat	Guaqui
Government
• Mayor	Nixon Mamani Amaru (2007)
• President	Abraham Choque Condori (2007)
Area
• Total	73 sq mi (188 km2)
Elevation	12,800 ft (3,900 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	7,552
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Guaqui Municipality is the second municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Guaqui.

Division

The municipality consists of only one canton, Guaqui Canton, identical to the municipality.

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. ^[1]

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	1.3
Aymara	91.1
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.3
Not indigenous	7.1
Other indigenous groups	0.1

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are: ^[2]

• Guaqui festivity from July 23 to July 25 celebrated in honour of Apostle James
• Apostle James church of Guaqui built between 1625 and 1784
• Guaqui port

See also

• Achachi Qala
• Jach'a Uma Chuwani
• Pukara
• Qala Waxrani
• Quta Willk'i
• Tiwanaku River
• Wanq'uni

References

1. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
2. www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Tourist guide by the government of the department

• www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Guaqui Municipality ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Guaqui Municipality: population data and map (Spanish)