Sorata Municipality

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Sorata Municipality
Municipality
Sorata town as seen from Purani Churiquimbaya botanic garden
Sorata Municipality
Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15°45′0″S 68°32′0″W / 15.75000°S 68.53333°W / -15.75000; -68.53333Coordinates: 15°45′0″S 68°32′0″W / 15.75000°S 68.53333°W / -15.75000; -68.53333
Country Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Larecaja Province
Seat Sorata
Area
 • Total 794 sq mi (2,056 km2)
Population (2001)
 • Total 18,932
 • Ethnicities Aymara

Sorata Municipality is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th highest lake in the world, Laguna Glaciar.

Languages

The languages spoken in the Sorata Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 363
Aymara 16,029
Guaraní 7
Another native 8
Spanish 11,223
Foreign 70
Only native 6,680
Native and Spanish 9,540
Only Spanish 1,690

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