Pucarani Municipality
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Pucarani Municipality is the first municipal section
of the Los Andes Province
in the La Paz Department
, Bolivia
. Its seat is Pucarani
.
It is bordered to the north by the Batallas Municipality
, to the east by the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
, to the south by the Laja Municipality
and to the west by the Ingavi Province
and Lake Titicaca
.
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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 Los Andes Province
Los Andes Province (Bolivia)
Los Andes is one of the twenty provinces in the central parts of the Bolivian La Paz Department.- Location :Los Andes province is located between 16° 00' and 16° 47' South and between 68° 08' and 68° 45' West...
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 Pucarani
Pucarani
Pucarani is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pucarani Municipality, the first municipal section of the Los Andes Province and of the province.- References :*...
.
It is bordered to the north by the Batallas Municipality
Batallas Municipality
Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas.- Languages :The languages spoken in the Batallas Municipality are mainly Aymara, Spanish and Quechua.- References :...
, to the east by the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
Pedro Domingo Murillo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It contains the Bolivian administrative capital, La Paz, as well as the major city of El Alto.- Subdivision :...
, to the south by the Laja Municipality
Laja Municipality
Laja Municipality is the second municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Laja.- References :*...
and to the west by the Ingavi Province
Ingavi Province
Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Viacha.- Subdivision :Ingavi Province is divided into seven municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- Population :...
and Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...
.
Division
The municipality consists of the following twelve cantonsCantons of Bolivia
||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....
:
- 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
External links
- Pucarani Municipality: population data and map (PDF; 647 kB) (Spanish)