Inquisivi Municipality | |
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Inquisivi Municipality
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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.
Inquisivi Municipality is divided into eight cantons:
The politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho (1831–1899) was born in Inquisivi.