Desaguadero Municipality

Municipal section in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Desaguadero (Peruvian side of the city), at the border Peru - Bolivia

Location of Desaguadero in Bolivia and Peru, at Lake Wiñaymarka (Lake Titicaca)

Desaguadero Municipality is the fourth municipal section of Ingavi Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Desaguadero.

Division

The municipality consists of the following two cantons:^[1]

• Desaguadero - 4.194 inhabitants (2001)
• San Juan de Huancollo - 787 inhabitants

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.^[2]

Languages

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

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:^[3]

• The international fair of Desaguadero on the Peruvian border
• Desaguadero River with its avifauna and native Aymara and Uru communities along its banks. The river runs along the entire Altiplano.

See also

• Janq'u Jaqhi
• Jilarata

References

1. National Institute of Statistic in Bolivia Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
3. www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Tourist guide by the government of the department

• obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

External links

• Desaguadero Municipality: population data and map (Spanish)

16°37′00″S 68°58′00″W / 16.6167°S 68.9667°W / -16.6167; -68.9667