Pucarani Municipality is the first
municipal section of the
Los Andes Province in the
La Paz Department,
Bolivia
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. Its seat is
Pucarani.
It is bordered to the north by the
Batallas Municipality
Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas.
Geography
The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of ...
, to the east by the
Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, to the south by the
Laja Municipality and to the west by the
Ingavi Province
Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. This is where the Battle of Ingavi occurred on November 18, 1841, and where the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku is situated.
During the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón the province wa ...
and
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; ; ) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of ...
.
Geography
The
Cordillera Real traverses the Pucarani Municipality. One of the highest peaks of the municipality is
Kunturiri. Other mountains are listed below:
Division
The municipality consists of the following twelve
cantons
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:
National Institute of Statistics in Bolivia
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* Catavi Canton - 741 inhabitants (2001)
* Chojasivi Canton - 1,444 inhabitants
* Cohana Canton - 1,679 inhabitants
* Lacaya Canton - 2,067 inhabitants
* Patamanta Canton - 3,116 inhabitants
* Pucarani Canton - 5,325 inhabitants
* Villa Ascensión de Chipamaya Canton - 1,271 inhabitants
* Villa Iquiaca Canton - 1,555 inhabitants
* Villa Pabón Chiarpata Canton - 844 inhabitants
* Villa Rosario de Corapata Canton - 3,625 inhabitants
* Villa Vilaque Canton - 2,903 inhabitants
* Huayna Potosí Canton - 2,232 inhabitants
See also
* Allqa Quta
* Ch'iyar Quta
* Juri Quta
* Katari River
* Laram Quta
* Sura Quta (Patamanta)
* Sura Quta (Wayna Potosí)
* Taypi Chaka Quta
References
External links
Pucarani Municipality: population data and map
(PDF; 647 kB) (Spanish)
Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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