Batallas Municipality
Batallas Municipality is the third municipal section of the Los Andes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Batallas.
Batallas | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 16°15′S 68°25′W | |
| Country |  |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Los Andes Province |
| Seat | Batallas |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 18.693[1] |
| • Ethnicities | Aymara |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (-4) |
Geography
The Cordillera Real traverses the Batallas Municipality. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[2]
- Ari Sirka
- Ch'iyar T'ikhi
- Jach'a Juqhu
- Jach'a Pata
- Jach'a Qullu
- Jach'a T'uxu
- Jisk'a Pata
- Jisk'a Turini
- Juqhun K'ark'a
- Kimsa Chata
- Kimsa Phujru
- Kuntur Jipiña
- Laram Salla
- Mich'ini
- Mullu Apachita
- Patapatani
- Pura Purani
- Phaq'u Kiwuta
- Qala T'uxu
- Qawiña
- Qulin Tuqu
- Qullqi Chata
- Q'ara Quta
- Taypi K'uchu
- Tira K'ark'a
- Warawarani
- Wari Sipitaña
- Wari Umaña
- Wila Lluxi
- Wila Wilani
- Wintanani
Languages
The languages spoken in the Batallas Municipality are mainly Aymara, Spanish and Quechua.
| Language | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| Quechua | 181 |
| Aymara | 18,360 |
| Guaraní | 6 |
| Another native | 14 |
| Spanish | 13,336 |
| Foreign | 66 |
| Only native | 6,585 |
| Native and Spanish | 11,816 |
| Only Spanish | 1,525 |
See also
References
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- Bolivian IGM map 1.50,000 Lago Khara Kkota
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090218081859/http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive link)
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