Copacabana Municipality, La Paz

This article is about the municipality in Bolivia. For other uses, see Copacabana.

Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana.

Copacabana Municipality
Municipality
Copacabana and Lake Titicaca
Copacabana Municipality Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Manco Kapac Province
Seat	Copacabana
Government
• Mayor	Juan Armando Callisaya Quispe
• President	Adela Calizaya de Mamani
Area
• Total	67 sq mi (174 km2)
Elevation	12,630 ft (3,850 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	14,586
• Ethnicities	Aymara
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Chelleca island, Lake Titicaca

Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) and Chelleca island are situated within the municipality.

Subdivision

The municipality was formerly, before the abolition of Bolivian cantons in 2009, divided into three cantons.

Canton	Inhabitants (2001)[1]	Seat
Copacabana Canton	8,194	Copacabana
Lokha Canton	2,388	Lokha
Zampaya Canton	4,004	Zampaya

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	0.9
Aymara	95.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.2
Not indigenous	3.0
Other indigenous groups	0.1

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

The languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	185
Aymara	11,825
Guaraní	6
Another native	4
Spanish	10,713
Foreign	81
Only native	3,020
Native and Spanish	8,858
Only Spanish	1,857

Places of interest

• Chinkana
• Iñaq Uyu
• Pachat'aqa
• Pillkukayna
• Yampupata
• Yampupata Peninsula

See also

• Virgen de Copacabana

References

1. www.ine.gob.bo Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

• obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

External links

• Map of Manco Kapac Province