Batallas Municipality is the third
municipal section of the
Los Andes Province in the
La Paz Department,
Bolivia
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. Its capital is
Batallas
Batallas is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Batallas Municipality, one of the four municipalities
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Geography
The
Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:
[Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota]
Languages
The languages spoken in the Batallas Municipality are mainly
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 ...
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Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
and
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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See also
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Jach'a Jawira
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Janq'u Quta
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Lawrawani Lake
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Q'ara Quta
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090218081859/http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive link)
Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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