| Official Name: | Sorata Municipality |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | La Paz Department |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Larecaja Province |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Sorata |
| Leader Title1: | President |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 2056 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Total: | 18932 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank1: | Aymara |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | BOT |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | -15.75°N -68.5333°W |
Sorata Municipality (Aymara: Surat'a) is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th highest lake in the world, Laguna Glaciar.
The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. The highest peaks of the municipality are Illampu and Janq'u Uma. Other mountains are listed below:[1] [2] [3] [4]
The languages spoken in the Sorata Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.[5]
| Language | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| Quechua | 363 |
| Aymara | 16,029 |
| Guaraní | 7 |
| Another native | 8 |
| 11,223 | |
| Foreign | 70 |
| Only native | 6,680 |
| Native and Spanish | 9,540 |
| Only Spanish | 1,690 |