Ixiamas Municipality

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Ixiamas Municipality
Municipality
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Ixiamas Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 13°0′S68°0′W / 13.000°S 68.000°W / -13.000; -68.000
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Abel Iturralde Province
Seat Ixiamas
Population
 (2001)
  Total
5,625
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Ixiamas Municipality is the first municipal section of the Abel Iturralde Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Ixiamas.

In 2019, the municipality created the Área Municipal de Conservación y Manejo del Bajo Madidi (about 1,535,487 hectares (15,355 km2)); its creation received technical support from Conservation International Bolivia. [1] Work in the area has also included support for sustainable production initiatives with Indigenous communities. [2]

References

  1. Financiamiento para el Área Municipal de Conservación y Manejo del Bajo Madidi (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Conservation Strategy Fund. 2022.
  2. "Conservación Internacional promueve la producción sostenible en comunidades indígenas del Bajo Madidi". RTP Bolivia (in Spanish).

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