Mapiri Municipality

Mapiri Municipality
Municipality

Mapiri and the Mapiri River, La Paz Department
Mapiri Municipality

Location of the Mapiri Municipality within Bolivia

Coordinates: 15°18′31″S 68°14′28″W / 15.3087°S 68.2412°WCoordinates: 15°18′31″S 68°14′28″W / 15.3087°S 68.2412°W
Country Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Larecaja Province
Seat Mapiri
Government
  Mayor Enrique Calle Onorio (2007)
  President Ramiro Jorge Vargas Orosco (2007)
Area
  Total 525 sq mi (1,361 km2)
Population (2001)
  Total 9,633

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

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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