Desaguadero Municipality

Desaguadero Municipality is the fourth municipal section of Ingavi Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Desaguadero.

Desaguadero (Peruvian side of the city), at the border Peru - Bolivia

Location of Desaguadero in Bolivia and Peru, at Lake Wiñaymarka (Lake Titicaca)

Division

The municipality consists of the following two cantons:

• Desaguadero - 4.194 inhabitants (2001)
• San Juan de Huancollo - 787 inhabitants

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	1.3
Aymara	92.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.2
Not indigenous	5.6
Other indigenous groups	0.1

Languages

The languages spoken in the Desaguadero Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	74
Aymara	3,831
Guaraní	2
Another native	0
Spanish	3,806
Foreign	21
Only native	959
Native and Spanish	2,902
Only Spanish	905

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:

• The international fair of Desaguadero on the Peruvian border
• Desaguadero River with its avifauna and native Aymara and Uru communities along its banks. The river runs along the entire Altiplano.

See also

• Janq'u Jaqhi
• Jilarata

References

• obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

External links

• Desaguadero Municipality: population data and map (Spanish)