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Copacabana Municipality, Bolivia

Copacabana Municipality
Municipality
Copacabana and Lake Titicaca
Copacabana Municipality is located in Bolivia
Copacabana Municipality
Copacabana Municipality
Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W / 16.15000°S 69.03333°W / -16.15000; -69.03333Coordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W / 16.15000°S 69.03333°W / -16.15000; -69.03333
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Manco Kapac Province
Seat Copacabana
Government
 • Mayor Juan Armando Callisaya Quispe
 • President Adela Calizaya de Mamani
Area
 • Total 67 sq mi (174 km2)
Elevation 12,630 ft (3,850 m)
Population (2001)
 • Total 14,586
 • Ethnicities Aymara
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)

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.

The municipality is divided into three cantons.

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

The languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.



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