Inquisivi Municipality

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Inquisivi Municipality
Municipality
Inquisivi Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°50′S 67°0′W / 16.833°S 67.000°W / -16.833; -67.000
Country  Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Inquisivi Province
Seat Inquisivi
Government
  Mayor Walter Calle
Area
  Total 1,262 sq mi (3,268 km2)
Elevation 9,200 ft (2,800 m)
Population (2001)
  Total 16,143
  Density 10/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:

  • Arcopongo - 4,046 inhabitants (2001)
  • Capiñata - 1,699 inhabitants
  • Cavari - 2,024 inhabitants
  • Eduardo Abaroa - 949 inhabitants
  • Escola - 1,904 inhabitants
  • Inquisivi - 3,495 inhabitants
  • Pocusco - 960 inhabitants
  • Siguas - 1,066 inhabitants

Notable people

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

References

    Coordinates: 16°50′00″S 67°00′00″W / 16.8333°S 67°W / -16.8333; -67

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