Mapiri Municipality

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

Mapiri Municipality
Municipality
Mapiri and the Mapiri River, La Paz Department
Mapiri Municipality
Location of the Mapiri Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15.3087°S 68.2412°W / -15.3087; -68.2412
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceLarecaja Province
SeatMapiri
Government
  MayorEnrique Calle Onorio (2007)
  PresidentRamiro Jorge Vargas Orosco (2007)
Area
  Total525 sq mi (1,361 km2)
Population
 (2001)
  Total9,633

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

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