Pucarani Municipality Explained

Official Name:Pucarani
Native Name:Pukarani
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:Los Andes Province
Seat Type:Seat
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:President
Established Title:Foundation
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:26802
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Aymara
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-16.3333°N -93°W

Pucarani Municipality is the first municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Pucarani.

It is bordered to the north by the Batallas Municipality, to the east by the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, to the south by the Laja Municipality and to the west by the Ingavi Province and Lake Titicaca.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the Pucarani Municipality. One of the highest peaks of the municipality is Kunturiri. Other mountains are listed below:[1]

Division

The municipality consists of the following twelve cantons:[2]

See also

References

  1. Bolivian IGM maps 1:50,000 5945-II sheet Milluni and Peñas 5945-III
  2. http://www.ine.gob.bo National Institute of Statistics in Bolivia

External links

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