This article is about the municipality in Bolivia. For other uses, see
Copacabana.
Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia
Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana.
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.
The people
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
Languages
The languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.
Language
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Inhabitants
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Quechua
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185
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Aymara
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11,825
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Guaraní
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6
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Another native
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4
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Spanish
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10,713
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Foreign
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81
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Only native
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3,020
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Native and Spanish
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8,858
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Only Spanish
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1,857
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Places of interest
See also
References
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