Sorata Municipality
Sorata | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
_depuis_les_hauteurs_de_Purani_Churiquimbaya..JPG) Sorata town as seen from Purani Churiquimbaya botanic garden | |
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 Location of the Sorata Municipality within Bolivia | |
Sorata Municipality and its local surroundings | |
| Coordinates: 15°45′S 68°32′W / 15.750°S 68.533°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz |
| Province | Larecaja |
| Seat | Sorata |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eustaquio Huayta Poma (M.P.S., 2026)[1] |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 1,902 km2 (734 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Municipality | 30,083 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,951 |
| • Rural | 26,132 |
| • Indigenous ethnicities | Aymara: 19,451 (65%) Unspecified Indigenous: 3,182 (11%)[3] |
| 2024 Bolivian census | |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Geocode | 020601 (INE code) BO020601 (OCHA P-code) |
Sorata Municipality (Aymara: Surat'a) is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th highest lake in the world, Laguna Glaciar.
Geography
The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. The highest peaks of the municipality are Illampu and Janq'u Uma. Other mountains are listed below:[4][5][6][7]
- Allqamarini
- Chunta Qullu
- Ch'alla Quta
- Ch'iyar Qullu
- Ch'uch'u
- Ch'uch'u Apachita
- Ch'uxña Quta
- Ch'uxñani
- Illampu
- Jach'a Apachita
- Jach'a Pukara
- Jach'a Waylla Punta
- Janq'u K'ark'a
- Janq'u Uma
- Jichu Quta
- Jukumarini
- Llawi Imaña
- Phallata
- P'iq'iñ Qullu
- Qala Phusa
- Quña Quñani
- Quriwani
- Q'asiri
- Saywani
- Uma Jalanta
- Uma Manqha
- Wankar Quta Qullu
- Warachani
- Wila Quta
- Wila Wilani
- Wiluyu Janq'u Uma
- Yapuchañani
Languages
The languages spoken in the Sorata Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.[8]
| Language | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| Quechua | 363 |
| Aymara | 16,029 |
| Guaraní | 7 |
| Another native | 8 |
| Spanish | 11,223 |
| Foreign | 70 |
| Only native | 6,680 |
| Native and Spanish | 9,540 |
| Only Spanish | 1,690 |
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. 32.
- 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
- ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Caranavi SD-19-15
- ↑ IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III
- ↑ IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
- ↑ IGM map 1:50,000 Warizata 5846-II
- ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (2001) (inactive website)
