Achacachi Municipality is one of six

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of the

Omasuyos Province Omasuyos (Hispanicized spelling) or Uma Suyu (Aymara ''uma'' water, ''suyu'' region, "water region") is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its capital is Achacachi (Jach'a Q'achi). The province is situated in the Altiplano bordere ...

in the La Paz Department in

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. Its seat is Achacachi. The municipality is situated in the northern

Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet. The plateau is located at ...

of the Bolivian

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region on the eastern shore of

Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, i ...

bordered to the north by the

Larecaja Province Larecaja is a province in the Bolivian La Paz Department. It was founded by Antonio José de Sucre on October 18, 1826. Its capital is Sorata. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province a ...

, to the east by the Los Andes Province, to the south-east by the Huarina Municipality, to the west by the Santiago de Huata Municipality, to the south by the Huatajata Municipality and Chúa Cocani Municipality (these four municipalities were cantons of the Achacachi Municipality until 2005, 2009, and 2010, respectively),www.bolivia.com
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and the northern part of Lake Titicaca, and to the north-west by the Ancoraimes Municipality.

Population

The people are predominantly

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citizens of

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

descent (95.04%).

References

www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Achacachi Municipality

External links

Achacachi Municipality: population data and map
(still showing Huarina, Santiago de Huata, Huatajata, and Chúa Cocani as cantons) Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub

Population

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