Pelechuco Municipality

Pelechuco Municipality
Pelechuco Municipality
Municipality
	Jach'a Waracha as seen from the west, Pelechuco Municipality
	Pelechuco Municipality Location of the Pelechuco Municipality within Bolivia
	Coordinates: 14°45′0″S 69°5′0″W / 14.75000°S 69.08333°W
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Franz Tamayo Province
Seat	Pelechuco
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Cama Mamani (2007)
• President	Florencio Condori Mamani (2007)
Area
• Total	968 sq mi (2,507 km2)
Elevation	12,800 ft (3,900 m)
Population (2001)
• Total	5,115
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Pelechuco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115. Its seat is Pelechuco.

The municipality is bordered to the north by the Apolo Municipality, to the east by the Apolo and Curva Municipalities, to the south by the Curva and Charazani Municipalities and to the west by Peru.

Geography

The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the municipality. The highest mountain of the municipality is Chawpi Urqu (Wisk'achani) at 6,044 m (19,829 ft). Other mountains are listed below:^[1]^[2]

Division

Pelechuco Municipality is subdivided into the following four cantons:^[3]

Antaquilla de Copacabana - 964 inhabitants (2001)
Pelechuco - 2,756 inhabitants
Suches - 227 inhabitants
Ulla Ulla - 1,168 inhabitants

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:^[4]

Katantica, one of the most important peaks of the Apolobamba mountain range, about 5,592 m high, in Pelechuco Canton
the colonial town of Pelechuco
the village of Queara near Pelechuco which is also situated in the highest area of Madidi National Park
the Ulla Ulla National Reserve in Ulla Ulla Canton which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area
the pre-Hispanic Guanan ruins in Pelechuco Canton
Cololo Lake in Antaquilla de Copacabana Canton
Suches Lake on the border to Peru

References

^ IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco
^ BIGM map 1:100,000 Umanata 3040
^ National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia
^ www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Tourist guide by the government of the department

www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Pelechuco Municipality^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Pelechuco Municipality: population data and map

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[1] IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco

[2] BIGM map 1:100,000 Umanata 3040

[3] National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia

[4] www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Tourist guide by the government of the department

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