Guanay Municipality

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

Guanay Municipality
Municipality
The Cordillera Real as seen from Lake Titicaca with Chachakumani and Ch'iyar Juqhu of the Guanay Municipality in the center
Guanay Municipality
Location of the Viacha Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15.4947°S 67.900°W / -15.4947; -67.900
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceLarecaja Province
SeatGuanay
Government
  MayorEddy Loayza Guzmán (2007)
  PresidentLady Saavedra de Chávez (2007)
Area
  Total1,510 sq mi (3,911 km2)
Elevation
1,600 ft (500 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total11,528

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the Guanay Municipality. Some of the highest peaks of the range, Chachakumani and Ch'iyar Juqhu, lie within the borders of the municipality. More mountains are listed below:[1]

Languages

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

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 1.653
Aymara 3.405
Guaraní 5
Another native 94
Spanish 10.064
Foreign 86
Only native 737
Native and Spanish 4.123
Only Spanish 5.942

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

See also

References

  1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III and Zongo 5945-I


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