Quime Municipality
Quime | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Quime | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Un lugar de descanso | |
| Motto: luchar hasta el final | |
 Location of the Quime Municipality within Bolivia | |
Quime Municipality and its local surroundings | |
| Coordinates: 16°45′S 67°20′W / 16.750°S 67.333°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz |
| Province | Inquisivi |
| Seat | Quime |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic |
| • Mayor | Luis Gregorio Argollo Saravia (ASP, 2026)[1] |
| • Sub Mayor | Panfilo Marca |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 997 km2 (385 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Municipality | 10,887 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,473 |
| • Rural | 6,414 |
| • Indigenous ethnicities | Aymara: 6,135 (56%) Quechua: 226 (2%)[3] |
| 2024 Bolivian census | |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Geocode | 021002 (INE code) BO021002 (OCHA P-code) |
Quime Municipality is the second municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia, located south-east of the city of La Paz. Its seat is Quime. The coordinates are 16° 59' 0" South, 67° 13' 0".
Geography
There are three rivers nearby, the Quime River, Chanvillalla River, and Chichipata River. The Kimsa Cruz mountain range traverses the municipality.[4][5][6]
Division
The municipality consists of the following cantons:[7]
- Choquetanga Canton - 2,537 inhabitants (2001)
- Figueroa Canton - 149 inhabitants
- Waña Quta Canton - 69 inhabitants
- Quime Canton - 4,583 inhabitants
Notable peole
- Daisy Wende (1929–2025) - fashion designer
See also
References
- ↑ Órgano Electoral Plurinacional; Tribunal Supremo Electoral (2026-04-23). Publicación de resultados Elecciones Subnacionales 2026: Elección de Autoridades Políticas Departamentales Regionales y Municipales 2026 (Primera y Segunda Vuelta Electoral) (Report). Separata de información pública. Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. p. 36.
- 1 2 3 Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2025), Población censada e indicadores demográficos: Tabulados por Municipio/TIOC
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2025), Autoidentificación con alguna nación pueblo indígena originario campesino y afroboliviano: Tabulados por Municipio/TIOC
- ↑ Evelio Echevarría, Cordillera Quimsa Cruz, Bolivia, see sketch map p. 153
- ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Choquetanga Chico 6143-IV
- ↑ IGM map 1:50,000 6142-IV 'Yaco'
- ↑ National Institute of Statistic in Bolivia Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
