Copacabana Municipality, La Paz Explained

Official Name:Copacabana Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:La Paz Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Manco Kapac Province
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Copacabana
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Juan Armando Callisaya Quispe
Leader Title1:President
Leader Name1:Adela Calizaya de Mamani
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:174
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:14586
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Aymara
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-16.15°N -69.0333°W
Elevation M:3850

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

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

Subdivision

The municipality was formerly, before the abolition of Bolivian cantons in 2009, divided into three cantons.

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

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group%
Quechua0.9
Aymara95.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0.2
3.0
Other indigenous groups0.1
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

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

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua185
Aymara11,825
Guaraní6
Another native 4
10,713
Foreign81
Only native3,020
Native and Spanish8,858
Only Spanish1,857

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ine.gob.bo www.ine.gob.bo