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Omasuyos (Hispanicized spelling) or Uma Suyu (
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 ...
''uma'' water, ''suyu'' region, "water region") is a
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
in the La Paz Department in
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. Its capital is
Achacachi Achacachi is a town on the Altiplano plateau in the South American Andes in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the capital of the Omasuyos Province. History of Achacachi Achacachi, as an establishment, existed be ...
(Jach'a Q'achi). The province is situated in the
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 the ...
bordered to the north by the
Muñecas Province Muñecas is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Chuma. Subdivision The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. Places of interest * Iskanwaya Iskanwaya is a pr ...
, to the northeast 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 ar ...
, to the southeast by the Los Andes Province, to the south and west by
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, ...
and to the northwest by the
Eliodoro Camacho Province Eliodoro Camacho is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia situated at Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Puerto Acosta. Camacho Province is situated in the western region of the La Paz Department bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province ...
.


Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:


Subdivision

The province is divided into six
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° including separated cantons Huarina and Santiago de Huata, and Huatajata and Chua Cocani received the status of municipalities in 2005, 2009, and 2010, respectively. Formerly they were cantons of the Achacachi Municipality.


See also

*
Ch'iyar Juqhu River The Ch'iyar Juqhu River (Aymara Ch'iyar Juqhu Jawira, ''ch'iyara'' black, ''juqhu'' muddy place, ''jawira'' river, "black muddy river", Hispanicized spellings ''Chiar Jokho'', ''Chiar Joko'') is a Bolivian river east of Lake Titicaca in the La Paz ...


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Provinces of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub