Copacabana Municipality, La Paz

Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana.

Copacabana Municipality
Municipality
Copacabana and Lake Titicaca
Copacabana Municipality is located in Bolivia
Copacabana Municipality
Copacabana Municipality
Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceManco Kapac Province
SeatCopacabana
Government
  MayorJuan Armando Callisaya Quispe
  PresidentAdela Calizaya de Mamani
Area
  Total67 sq mi (174 km2)
Elevation
12,630 ft (3,850 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total14,586
  Ethnicities
Aymara
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)
Chelleca island, Lake Titicaca

Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) and Chelleca island are situated within the municipality.

Subdivision

The municipality is divided into three cantons.

Canton Inhabitants (2001)[1] Seat
Copacabana Canton 8,194 Copacabana
Lokha Canton 2,388 Lokha
Zampaya Canton 4,004 Zampaya

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group %
Quechua 0.9
Aymara 95.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.2
Not indigenous 3.0
Other indigenous groups 0.1

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

The languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 185
Aymara 11,825
Guaraní 6
Another native 4
Spanish 10,713
Foreign 81
Only native 3,020
Native and Spanish 8,858
Only Spanish 1,857

Places of interest

See also

References

  1. www.ine.gob.bo Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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