Tipuani Municipality

Tipuani Municipality
Municipality
Tipuani Municipality

Location of the Tipuani Municipality within Bolivia

Coordinates: 15°32′52″S 68°01′32″W / 15.5477°S 68.0255°W / -15.5477; -68.0255Coordinates: 15°32′52″S 68°01′32″W / 15.5477°S 68.0255°W / -15.5477; -68.0255
Country Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Larecaja Province
Seat Tipuani
Government
  Mayor Amadeo Herrera Cerruto (2007)
  President Oscar Vera Gonzales (2007)
Area
  Total 115 sq mi (297 km2)
Elevation 3,000 ft (1,000 m)
Population (2001)
  Total 9,321

Tipuani Municipality is the sixth municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tipuani.

Languages

The languages spoken in the Tipuani Municipality are mainly Spanish, Aymara and Quechua.

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 1.587
Aymara 2.534
Guaraní 20
Another native 18
Spanish 8.594
Foreign 61
Only native 190
Native and Spanish 3.499
Only Spanish 5.097

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

References

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