Batallas Municipality Explained

Official Name:Batallas
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:La Paz Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Los Andes Province
Seat Type:Seat
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:President
Established Title:Foundation
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:18.693[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Aymara
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-16.25°N -93°W

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 the municipality are listed below:[2]

Languages

The languages spoken in the Batallas Municipality are mainly Aymara, Spanish and Quechua.

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua181
Aymara18,360
Guaraní6
Another native 14
13,336
Foreign66
Only native6,585
Native and Spanish11,816
Only Spanish1,525

See also

References

-16.25°N -68.4167°W

Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  2. Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota