Official Name: | Caranavi |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Caranavi Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Caranavi Municipality |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 21883 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -15.8333°N -101°W |
Elevation M: | 976 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
Footnotes: | Sources: Google Maps[2] |
Caranavi is the capital of the Caranavi Province in the Yungas region of Bolivia.
On 23 December 2009, part of the province was detached from the municipality of Caranavi to become the municipality of Alto Beni.[3]
Caranavi is north of Coroico, on the road from La Paz to Rurrenabaque. It is in mountainous terrain at the confluence of the Yara and Coroico Rivers.