Mapiri Municipality

Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia
15°18′31″S 68°14′28″W / 15.3087°S 68.2412°W / -15.3087; -68.2412Country BoliviaDepartmentLa Paz DepartmentProvinceLarecaja ProvinceSeatMapiriGovernment
 • MayorEnrique Calle Onorio (2007) • PresidentRamiro Jorge Vargas Orosco (2007)Area
 • Total525 sq mi (1,361 km2)Population
 (2001)
 • Total9,633Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Mapiri Municipality is the seventh municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Mapiri.

Languages

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

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 3.649
Aymara 1.767
Guaraní 6
Another native 7
Spanish 8.567
Foreign 17
Only native 363
Native and Spanish 4.653
Only Spanish 3.915

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

References

  • www.ine.gob.bo / census 2001: Mapiri Municipality

External links

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