Caranavi Municipality
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Caranavi Municipality is the first municipal section
of the Caranavi Province
in the La Paz Department
, Bolivia
. Its seat is Caranavi
. The municipality, which had formerly contained the entire province, was reduced in size when the Alto Beni Municipality
was created by Law 4131 on 23 December 2009.
Municipalities of Bolivia
Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...
of the Caranavi Province
Caranavi Province
Caranavi Province is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department and is situated in the department's eastern parts. The province was created by Law 1401 on 16 December 1992 from a portion of what was then Nor Yungas Province.- Location :...
in the La Paz Department
La Paz Department (Bolivia)
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2001 census population of 2,350,466 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty Cordillera Real that reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas,...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. Its seat is Caranavi
Caranavi
Caranavi is the capital of the Caranavi Province in the Yungas region of Bolivia, South America. On 23 December 2009, part of the province was detached from the municipality of Caranavi to become the municipality of Alto Beni.-Geography:...
. The municipality, which had formerly contained the entire province, was reduced in size when the Alto Beni Municipality
Alto Beni Municipality
Alto Beni Municipality is the second municipal section of the Caranavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Caserío Nueve. It was created by Law 4131 on 23 December 2009, and contains 160 communities, 12 of which are characterized as urban....
was created by Law 4131 on 23 December 2009.