Inquisivi Municipality Explained

Official Name:Inquisivi Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
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:Inquisivi Province
Seat Type:Seat
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Walter Calle
Established Title:Foundation
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:3268
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:16143
Population Density Km2:5
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Aymara, Quechua
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-16.8333°N -67°W
Elevation M:2800

Inquisivi Municipality is the first municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Inquisivi.

The municipality is situated on the eastern slopes of the Kimsa Cruz mountain range between the Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east.

It is bordered to the north by the Sud Yungas Province, to the east by the Cochabamba Department, to the south by the Colquiri Municipality and to the west by Cajuata, Licomapampa, Quime and Ichoca municipalities.

Division

Inquisivi Municipality is divided into eight cantons:

Notable people

The politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho (1831–1899) was born in Inquisivi.

References

-16.8333°N -67°W