Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana.
Copacabana Municipality | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W / 16.15000°S 69.03333°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | La Paz Department |
Province | Manco Kapac Province |
Seat | Copacabana |
Government | |
• Mayor | Juan Armando Callisaya Quispe |
• President | Adela Calizaya de Mamani |
Area | |
• Total | 67 sq mi (174 km2) |
Elevation | 12,630 ft (3,850 m) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 14,586 |
• Ethnicities | Aymara |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) and Chelleca island are situated within the municipality.
Subdivision
editThe municipality was formerly, before the abolition of Bolivian cantons in 2009, divided into three cantons.
Canton | Inhabitants (2001)[1] | Seat |
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Copacabana Canton | 8,194 | Copacabana |
Lokha Canton | 2,388 | Lokha |
Zampaya Canton | 4,004 | Zampaya |
The people
editThe people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.
Ethnic group | % |
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Quechua | 0.9 |
Aymara | 95.9 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.2 |
Not indigenous | 3.0 |
Other indigenous groups | 0.1 |
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
Languages
editThe languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.
Language | Inhabitants |
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Quechua | 185 |
Aymara | 11,825 |
Guaraní | 6 |
Another native | 4 |
Spanish | 10,713 |
Foreign | 81 |
Only native | 3,020 |
Native and Spanish | 8,858 |
Only Spanish | 1,857 |
Places of interest
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ www.ine.gob.bo Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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