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Poopó Municipality is the first municipal section of the Poopó Province in the
Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The depar ...
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Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
. Its capital is Poopó.


Geography

The municipality lies east of the Desaguadero River where it connects Uru Uru Lake and
Poopó Lake Poopó may refer to: * Poopó Lake, Oruro, Bolivia * Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia * Poopó Municipality, Oruro, Bolivia * Poopó Canton Poopó may refer to: * Poopó Lake, Oruro, Bolivia * Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia * Poopó Municipalit ...
. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:BIGM map 1:50,000 Huanuni 6239-III


Subdivision

The municipality is divided into three cantons. *Coripata Canton *Poopó Canton *Venta y Media Canton


Languages

The languages spoken in the Poopó Municipality are mainly
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, Ca ...
,
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 **So ...
and Aymara .


References


obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo


External links



Municipalities of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub