Batallas Municipality

Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia
16°15′S 68°25′W / 16.250°S 68.417°W / -16.250; -68.417Country BoliviaDepartmentLa Paz DepartmentProvinceLos Andes ProvinceSeatBatallasPopulation
 (2001)
 • Total18.693[1] • Ethnicities
AymaraTime zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[2]

Languages

The languages spoken in the Batallas Municipality are mainly Aymara, Spanish and Quechua.

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 181
Aymara 18,360
Guaraní 6
Another native 14
Spanish 13,336
Foreign 66
Only native 6,585
Native and Spanish 11,816
Only Spanish 1,525

See also

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  2. ^ Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20090218081859/http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive link)
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16°15′00″S 68°25′00″W / 16.25°S 68.4167°W / -16.25; -68.4167

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