Pucarani Municipality is the first municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department,

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. Its seat is

Pucarani Pucarani (from Aymara language, Aymara Pukarani) is a small town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pucarani Municipality, the first Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Los Andes ...

. It is bordered to the north by the

Batallas Municipality Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of ...

, to the east by the

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, to the south by the

Laja Municipality Laja Municipality is the second municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Laja. See also * Asir Kunka * Jach'a Wankarani * Jani Lawani Jani Lawani (Aymara) is a mountain in the Chilla- ...

and to the west by the

Ingavi Province Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. This is where the Battle of Ingavi occurred on November 18, 1841 and where the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku is situated. During the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón the province was f ...

and

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, ...

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the Pucarani Municipality. One of the highest peaks of the municipality is Kunturiri. Other mountains are listed below:

Division

The municipality consists of the following twelve

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:National Institute of Statistics in Bolivia
/ref> * Catavi Canton - 741 inhabitants (2001) * Chojasivi Canton - 1,444 inhabitants * Cohana Canton - 1,679 inhabitants * Lacaya Canton - 2,067 inhabitants * Patamanta Canton - 3,116 inhabitants * Pucarani Canton - 5,325 inhabitants * Villa Ascensión de Chipamaya Canton - 1,271 inhabitants * Villa Iquiaca Canton - 1,555 inhabitants * Villa Pabón Chiarpata Canton - 844 inhabitants * Villa Rosario de Corapata Canton - 3,625 inhabitants * Villa Vilaque Canton - 2,903 inhabitants * Huayna Potosí Canton - 2,232 inhabitants

References

External links

Pucarani Municipality: population data and map
(PDF; 647 kB) (Spanish) {{coord, 16.3333, S, 68.4167, W, source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)