Surat'a Municipality

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Surat'a Municipality
Municipality
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Surat'a Municipality
Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15°45′0″S68°32′0″W / 15.75000°S 68.53333°W / -15.75000; -68.53333 Coordinates: 15°45′0″S68°32′0″W / 15.75000°S 68.53333°W / -15.75000; -68.53333
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Larecaja Province
Seat Surat'a
Area
 • Total794 sq mi (2,056 km2)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total18,932
 • Ethnicities
 Aymara
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Surat'a Municipality is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th highest lake in the world, Laguna Glaciar.

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Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. The highest peaks of the municipality are Illampu and Janq'u Uma. Other mountains are listed below: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Languages

The languages spoken in the Sorata Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish. [5]

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 363
Aymara 16,029
Guaraní 7
Another native8
Spanish 11,223
Foreign70
Only native6,680
Native and Spanish9,540
Only Spanish1,690

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Ch'uch'u Jawira is a Bolivian river in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Its waters flow the Kaka River which belongs to the watershed of the Beni River.

Ch'uch'u Apachita is a 4,855-metre-high (15,928 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Ch'uch'u Apachita lies north of the main range of the Cordillera Real, south to southwest of the mountain Ch'uch'u, northwest of Chunta Qullu and east of Jukumarini. This is where the river Ch'uch'u Jawira originates.

Jukumarini is a 4,552-metre-high (14,934 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Jukumarini lies north of the main range of the Cordillera Real, southwest of the mountain Ch'uch'u and west of Ch'uch'u Apachita.

Ch'uxña Quta is a 4,907-metre-high (16,099 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Ch'uxña Quta lies in the northern extensions of the Cordillera Real southeast of the mountains Ch'uch'u and Ch'uch'u Apachita and northwest of Llawi Imaña.

Jach'a Waylla Punta is a 4,743-metre-high (15,561 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Jach'a Waylla Punta lies in the northern extensions of the Cordillera Real southeast of the mountain Wila Wilani and south of Wankar Quta Qullu. It is situated at the rivers Q'asiri Jawira and Ch'uch'u Jawira.

Ch'uxñani is a 4,680-metre-high (15,354 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality, in the northern extensions of the Cordillera Real southeast of the mountain Jach'a Waylla Punta. Ch'uxñani lies near the confluence of the rivers Ch'uch'u Jawira which comes from the northwest and Jach'a Uma Jawira which originates between the mountain Wila Quta and the Janq'u Uma-Illampu massif.

Qala Phusa is a 4,884-metre-high (16,024 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Qala Phusa lies north of the Janq'u Uma-Illampu massif of the Cordillera Real, northwest of the mountain Wila Quta and southeast of Llawi Imaña.

References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Caranavi SD-19-15
  2. ↑ IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III
  3. ↑ IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
  4. ↑ IGM map 1:50,000 Warizata 5846-II
  5. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (2001) (inactive website)
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