Official Name: | Caranavi Municipality |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Caranavi Municipality within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | La Paz Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Caranavi Province |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Teodocio Quilca Acarapi (MAS-IPSP; 2010) |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (municipality) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | -15.8167°N -100°W |
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.[1]