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.
Inquisivi Municipality is divided into eight cantons:
The politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho (1831–1899) was born in Inquisivi.