Manco Kapac is a
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
in the
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 ...
n
department of
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
. Its capital is
Copacabana.
Subdivision
Manco Kapac Province is divided into three
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
which are partly further subdivided into cantons.
Places of interest
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Chinkana
Chinkana ( Quechua for labyrinth)Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Quechua-Spanish dictionary, Cusco, Peru, 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is an archaeological site in Bolivia situated on the Isla del Sol
Isla del Sol (Spanish language, S ...
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Iñaq Uyu
Iñaq Uyu ( Aymara, ''iñaqa'' a woman of noble caste of the Incas, ''uyu'' pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery, "pen of the ''iñaqa'', the woman of the noble caste of the Incas", other spellings ''Iñac Uyu, Iñac Uyo, Iñakuyu, Iñak Uyu, Iñak ...
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Pachat'aqa
Pachataka (also spelled Pachataca or Pachat'aqa), commonly known as the Inca Gallows, is an archaeological site in Bolivia, located near Lake Titicaca in the municipality of Copacabana, Manco Kapac Province, within the La Paz Department.
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Pillkukayna
PillkukaynaFélix Laime Pairumani, Hacia Una Nueva Conciencia Nacional, Vol II, 2014 (other spellings ''Pilco Kayna, Pilcocayna, Pilko Kaina, Pilkokaina, Pillco Kayma'') is an archaeological site on the shore of the island of Isla del Sol in the ...
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Yampupata Peninsula
Yampupata is a Bolivian peninsula of Lake Titicaca situated in the north-western part of the Copacabana Peninsula in the La Paz Department, Manco Kapac Province, Copacabana Municipality, Zampaya Canton. It is located near the islands Isla d ...
References
www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001
External links
Provinces of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
Enclaves and exclaves
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