Guanay is a small town on the
Tipuani River
The Tipuani River is a river of Bolivia.
See also
*List of rivers of Bolivia
This is a list of rivers in Bolivia.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Ri ...
in the
Yungas
The Yungas (Aymara ''yunka'' warm or temperate Andes or earth, Quechua ''yunka'' warm area on the slopes of the Andes) is a bioregion of a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru and Bolivia, and extends into ...
region of
Bolivia
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. It is the seat of the
Guanay Municipality
Guanay Municipality (Aymara: ''Wanay'') is the second municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Guanay.
Geography
The Cordillera Real traverses the Guanay Municipality. Some of the highest pe ...
, the second municipality of the
Larecaja Province.
Guanay and the nearby town of
Tipuani
Tipuani is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia
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are at the end of
El Camino del Oro (the Gold Digger's Trail) from
Sorata
Sorata (Aymara language, Aymara: ''Surat'a'') is a small town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, La Paz Department in the Bolivian Andes, northwest of the city of La Paz and east of Lake Titicaca. It is the seat of the Larecaja Province and the ...
. There is still
gold mining activity in the Guanay–Tipuani area.
The Tipuani River is a tributary to the
Beni River. It is possible to travel by boat from Guanay to
Rurrenabaque
Rurrenabaque is a small town in the north of Bolivia on the Beni River. It is the capital of Rurrenabaque Municipality. In recent years it has become popular with international tourism as it is an easy gateway for visits to Madidi National Park ( ...
.
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Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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