Inquisivi Municipality
Inquisivi Municipality | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Inquisivi Municipality Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 16°50′S 67°0′W / 16.833°S 67.000°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Inquisivi Province |
| Seat | Inquisivi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Walter Calle |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,262 sq mi (3,268 km2) |
| Elevation | 9,200 ft (2,800 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 16,143 |
| • Density | 10/sq mi (5/km2) |
| • Ethnicities | Aymara Quechua |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Inquisivi Municipality is the first municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Inquisivi.
The municipality is situated on the eastern slopes of the Kimsa Cruz mountain range between the Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east.
It is bordered to the north by the Sud Yungas Province, to the east by the Cochabamba Department, to the south by the Colquiri Municipality and to the west by Cajuata, Licomapampa, Quime and Ichoca municipalities.
Division
Inquisivi Municipality is divided into eight cantons:
- Arcopongo - 4,046 inhabitants (2001)
- Capiñata - 1,699 inhabitants
- Cavari - 2,024 inhabitants
- Eduardo Abaroa - 949 inhabitants
- Escola - 1,904 inhabitants
- Inquisivi - 3,495 inhabitants
- Pocusco - 960 inhabitants
- Siguas - 1,066 inhabitants
Notable people
The politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho (1831–1899) was born in Inquisivi.
References
- National Institute of Statistic of Bolivia
- Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Inquisivi[permanent dead link] (Spanish)
