Inkisiwi Municipality

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Inkisiwi Municipality
Municipality
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Inkisiwi Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°50′S67°0′W / 16.833°S 67.000°W / -16.833; -67.000
CountryBandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Inquisivi Province
Seat Inquisivi
Government
  MayorWalter Calle
Area
  Total1,262 sq mi (3,268 km2)
Elevation
9,200 ft (2,800 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total16,143
  Density10/sq mi (5/km2)
  Ethnicities
Aymara Quechua
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Inkisiwi Municipality is the first municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Inquisivi.

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The municipality is situated on the eastern slopes of the Kimsa Cruz mountain range between the Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east.

It is bordered to the north by the Sud Yungas Province, to the east by the Cochabamba Department, to the south by the Colquiri Municipality and to the west by Cajuata, Licomapampa, Quime and Ichoca municipalities.

Division

Inquisivi Municipality is divided into eight cantons:

Notable people

The politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho (1831–1899) was born in Inquisivi.

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    Coordinates: 16°50′00″S67°00′00″W / 16.8333°S 67°W / -16.8333; -67