La Llamita Cemetery Explained

La Llamita Cemetery
Country:Bolivia
Location:La Paz
Type:Popular tourist

The La Llamita Cemetery (Spanish; Castilian: Cementerio La Llamita) is a cemetery located in the Periférica macro district, in the Agua de la Vida Norte area of northern La Paz, Bolivia.[1] It is considered clandestine because it is not under the custody of the municipal government of that city.[2] [3] In 2017, a revitalization and recovery project was planned.

History

The residents of the neighborhood point out that in the mid-eighties, the La Llamita Cemetery was already established, and graves from 1974 can be found on the site.[4]

Characteristics

The La Llamita Cemetery was established by the inhabitants of the surrounding sectors, until 2017, it did not have direct municipal administration although maintenance work[5] was carried out jointly with the neighbors.[6] Some of the problems of the cemetery were the lack of control over burials, graves without registration related to criminal actions,[7] [8] the establishment of alcoholics in the vicinity,[9] lack of water and maintenance, as well as a lack of lighting.[10] During the construction of one of the stations of the orange line of Mi Teleférico, tree pruning work was carried out.[11]

Individual graves

The cemetery occupies a plot of land on a medium slope and has graves on the natural ground with small niches to place flowers for the deceased. The land is privately owned and managed by the neighborhood council.

References

  1. News: Limpieza y deshierbe mejoran el cementerio La Llamita. 30 October 2017. 14 October 2018. Noticias del Concejo Municipal. https://web.archive.org/web/20181015042140/http://www.concejomunicipal.bo/concejo/index.php/noticias/10-noticias-concejo-municipal/1614-limpieza-y-deshierbe-mejoran-el-cementerio-la-llamita.html. 15 October 2018.
  2. News: Cementerio La Llamita en el olvido. 26 October 2016. 14 October 2018. El Diario.
  3. News: Yañez. Viviana. La Paz tiene 30 cementerios y sólo dos son legales. 15 July 2013. 14 October 2018. El País.
  4. News: Obras del teleférico afectan al cementerio La Llamita. 23 October 2016. 14 October 2018. Página Siete.
  5. News: Realizarán operativos de control en cementerios La Llamita y Bella Vista. 1 November 2016. 14 October 2018. Agencia municipal de Noticias. https://web.archive.org/web/20181015042204/http://www.amn.bo/index.php/en/recursos-periodistas/titulares/76-scat-soc/5995-realizaran-operativos-de-control-en-cementerios-la-llamita-y-bella-vista. 15 October 2018.
  6. News: Remozan cementerio La Llamita “en espera de los difuntos”. 31 October 2017. 14 October 2018. Página Siete.
  7. News: En La Paz existen 31 cementerios, 25 de los cuales son clandestinos. 14 October 2018. Cambio.
  8. News: Mendoza. Luz. Detenidos dos hombres y una mujer por secuestrar a turistas en Bolivia. 2 April 2009. 14 October 2018. eju.tv.
  9. News: Vecinos piden que el cementerio La Llamita sea administrado por la Alcaldía de La Paz. 21 September 2017. 14 October 2018. RTP. https://web.archive.org/web/20181015042337/http://www.rtpbolivia.com.bo/2017/09/21/vecinos-piden-que-el-cementerio-la-llamita-sea-administrado-por-la-alcaldia-de-la-paz/. 15 October 2018.
  10. News: Cementerio La Llamita sin agua ni resguardo. 25 October 2017. 14 October 2018. Cambio. https://web.archive.org/web/20181015114458/http://cambio.bo/?q=node%2F34219. 15 October 2018.
  11. News: Cementerio La Llamita es antro de infección. 24 October 2017. 14 October 2018. El Diario.

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