Pucarani Municipality

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Pucarani

Pukarani
Municipality
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Pucarani
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°20′S68°25′W / 16.333°S 68.417°W / -16.333; -68.417
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Los Andes Province
Seat Pucarani
Population
 (2001)
  Total26,802
  Ethnicities
Aymara
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Pucarani Municipality is the first municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Pucarani.

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It is bordered to the north by the Batallas Municipality, to the east by the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, to the south by the Laja Municipality and to the west by the Ingavi Province and Lake Titicaca.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the Pucarani Municipality. One of the highest peaks of the municipality is Kunturiri. Other mountains are listed below: [1]

Division

The municipality consists of the following twelve cantons: [2]

See also

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Sura Quta (Wayna Potosí)

Sura Quta is a lake west of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pukarani Municipality, Wayna Potosí Canton, on the border to Batallas Municipality. It is situated at a height of about 4,491 metres (14,734 ft), about 1.77 km long and 0.7 km at its widest point. Sura Quta lies north east of Taypi Chaka Quta. The lakes are connected by the Link'u River that flows down from the Cordillera Real towards Lake Titicaca.

Sura Quta (Patamanta)

Sura Quta is a small lake west of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pukarani Municipality, Patamanta Canton, south east of the Kunturiri massif and Tuni Lake. It is situated at a height of about 4,532 metres (14,869 ft), about 0.4 km long and 0.36 km at its widest point.

Nasa Qara

Nasa Q'ara is a 5,156-metre-high (16,916 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Nasa Q'ara is situated south-west of the mountain Chiqapa and north-east of the mountain Ch'iyar K'ark'a. It lies north of the lake Allqa Quta and south of a small lake named Khunu Quta.

Qullpani

Qullpani is a 4,926-metre-high (16,161 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Qullpani lies south of a lake named Juri Quta.

Tira Qullu

Tira Qullu is a 4,832-metre-high (15,853 ft) mountain in the western extension of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Tira Qullu lies between the lakes Sura Quta and Taypi Chaka Quta in the west and Juri Quta in the east. It is situated south-west of the mountains Jach'a Jipiña and Milluni.

Allqa Quta

Allqa Quta is a lake in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Allqa Quta lies northwest of the main peak of the Kunturiri massif. It is south of a mountain named Nasa Q'ara, north of Wawanaki and northeast of Ch'iyar K'ark'a and another mountain named Nasa Q'ara.

Thipata

Thipata is a 5,045-metre-high (16,552 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Real in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Los Andes Province, Pucarani Municipality. Thipata lies northwest of Saltuni and northeast of Mulamaniya. Ch'iyar Quta Jawira flows along its northern slopes.

References

  1. Bolivian IGM maps 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni and Peñas 5945-III
  2. National Institute of Statistics in Bolivia

Coordinates: 16°20′00″S68°25′00″W / 16.3333°S 68.4167°W / -16.3333; -68.4167