Coroico Municipality is the first
municipal section of the
Nor Yungas Province
Nor Yungas is a province in the Yungas area of the Bolivian department of La Paz. During the presidency of José Manuel Pando the Yungas Province was divided into two parts, the Nor Yungas and the Sud Yungas Province, by law of January 12, 189 ...
in the
La Paz Department,
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. Its seat is
Coroico
Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.
History
Coroico Viejo (Old Coroico) was founded above the river Quri Wayq'u ( Quechua ''quri'' gold, ''wayq'u'' valley, hispanicized spellings ''Coriguayco'' ...
.
See also
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Illimani
Illimani () is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real (part of the Cordillera Oriental, a subrange of the Andes) of western Bolivia. It lies near the cities of El Alto and La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the second high ...
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Kimsa Warmini
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Mururata
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P'iqi Q'ara
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P'iqi Q'ara (in Coroico)
References
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia
Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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