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.
The Cordillera Real traverses the Pucarani Municipality. One of the highest peaks of the municipality is Kunturiri. Other mountains are listed below:[1]
The municipality consists of the following twelve cantons:[2]