Mapiri Municipality
Appearance
Mapiri Municipality | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Mapiri and the Mapiri River, La Paz Department | |
Coordinates: 15°18′31″S 68°14′28″W / 15.3087°S 68.2412°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | La Paz Department |
Province | Larecaja Province |
Seat | Mapiri |
Government | |
• Mayor | Enrique Calle Onorio (2007) |
• President | Ramiro Jorge Vargas Orosco (2007) |
Area | |
• Total | 525 sq mi (1,361 km2) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 9,633 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Mapiri Municipality is the seventh municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Mapiri.
Languages
[edit]The languages spoken in the Mapiri Municipality are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara.
Language | Inhabitants |
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Quechua | 3.649 |
Aymara | 1.767 |
Guaraní | 6 |
Another native | 7 |
Spanish | 8.567 |
Foreign | 17 |
Only native | 363 |
Native and Spanish | 4.653 |
Only Spanish | 3.915 |
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo