Copacabana Municipality, La Paz

Copacabana Municipality, La Paz
Copacabana Municipality
—  Municipality  —
Copacabana and Lake Titicaca
Copacabana Municipality is located in Bolivia
Copacabana Municipality
Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W / 16.15°S 69.033333°W / -16.15; -69.033333Coordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W / 16.15°S 69.033333°W / -16.15; -69.033333
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Manco Kapac Province
Seat Copacabana
Government
 - Mayor Juan Armando Callisaya Quispe
 - President Adela Calizaya de Mamani
Area
 - Total 67.2 sq mi (174 km2)
Elevation 12,631 ft (3,850 m)
Population (2001)
 - Total 14,586
 - Ethnicities Aymara
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Chelleca island, Lake Titicaca

Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana.

Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) and Chelleca island are situated within the municipality.

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Subdivision

The municipality is divided into three cantons.

Canton Inhabitants (2001)[1] Seat
Copacabana Canton 8,194 Copacabana
Lokha Canton 2,388 Lokha
Zampaya Canton 4,004 Zampaya

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group %
Quechua 0.9
Aymara 95.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.2
Not indigenous 3.0
Other indigenous groups 0.1

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

The languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 185
Aymara 11,825
Guaraní 6
Another native 4
Spanish 10,713
Foreign 81
Only native 3,020
Native and Spanish 8,858
Only Spanish 1,857

See also

  • Virgen de Copacabana
  • Yampupata Peninsula

References

  1. ^ www.ine.gob.bo

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