| Poopó Municipality, Bolivia | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Poopó Municipality within Bolivia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oruro Department |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Poopó Province |
| Subdivision Type4: | Cantons |
| Subdivision Name4: | 3 |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Poopó |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nicanor Lopez Choque (2008) |
| Leader Title1: | President |
| Leader Name1: | Jorge Choque Bautista (2008) |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 697 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Total: | 6163 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | BOT |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | -18.3333°N -66.5833°W |
| Elevation M: | 3700 |
Poopó Municipality is the first municipal section of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Poopó.[1]
The municipality lies east of the Desaguadero River where it connects Uru Uru Lake and Poopó Lake.
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[1] [2]
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The municipality is divided into three cantons.
The languages spoken in the Poopó Municipality are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara .
| Language | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| Quechua | 4,439 |
| Aymara | 1,105 |
| Guaraní | 13 |
| Another native | 6 |
| 5,189 | |
| Foreign | 27 |
| Only native | 733 |
| Native and Spanish | 3,769 |
| Only Spanish | 1,420 |