Mapiri Municipality | |
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Municipality | |
Mapiri and the Mapiri River, La Paz Department | |
Coordinates: 15°18′31″S68°14′28″W / 15.3087°S 68.2412°W Coordinates: 15°18′31″S68°14′28″W / 15.3087°S 68.2412°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | La Paz Department |
Province | Larecaja Province |
Seat | Mapiri |
Government | |
• Mayor | Enrique Calle Onorio (2007) |
• President | Ramiro Jorge Vargas Orosco (2007) |
Area | |
• Total | 525 sq mi (1,361 km2) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 9,633 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Mapiri Municipality is the seventh municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Mapiri.
The languages spoken in the Mapiri Municipality are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara.
Language | Inhabitants |
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Quechua | 3.649 |
Aymara | 1.767 |
Guaraní | 6 |
Another native | 7 |
Spanish | 8.567 |
Foreign | 17 |
Only native | 363 |
Native and Spanish | 4.653 |
Only Spanish | 3.915 |
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
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