Guanay Municipality (
Aymara: ''Wanay'') is the second
municipal section of the
Larecaja Province in the
La Paz Department,
Bolivia
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. Its seat is
Guanay
Guanay is a small town on the Tipuani River in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is the seat of the Guanay Municipality, the second municipality of the Larecaja Province.
Guanay and the nearby town of Tipuani are at the end of El Camino del Oro ...
.
Geography
The
Cordillera Real traverses the Guanay Municipality. Some of the highest peaks of the range,
Chachakumani and
Ch'iyar Juqhu
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, lie within the borders of the municipality. More mountains are listed below:
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Languages
The languages spoken in the Guanay Municipality are mainly Spanish, Aymara and Quechua.
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
See also
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Janq'u Quta
References
www.ine.gob.bo / census 2001: Guanay Municipality
Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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