Inquisivi Municipality

Inquisivi Municipality
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Inquisivi Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates:
Country  Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Inquisivi Province
Foundation
Seat Inquisivi
Government
 • Mayor Walter Calle
Area
 • Total 1,261.8 sq mi (3,268 km2)
Elevation 9,186 ft (2,800 m)
Population (2001)
 • Total 16,143
 • Density 12.9/sq mi (5/km2)
 • Ethnicities Aymara, Quechua
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

Inquisivi Municipality is the first municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Inquisivi.

The municipality is situated on the eastern slopes of the Kimsa Krus Mountain Range (Cordillera de Kimsa Krus) between the Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east.

It is bordered to the north by the Sud Yungas Province, to the east by the Cochabamba Department, to the south by the Colquiri Municipality and to the west by Cajuata, Licomapampa, Quime and Ichoca municipalities.

Division

Inquisivi Municipality is divided into eight cantons:

Notable people

The politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho (1831–1899) was born in Inquisivi.

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