{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Achacachi Municipality |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Titicacabolivia.JPG |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Lake [[Wiñaymarka]], the southern part of [[Lake Titicaca]] |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Bolivia<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location of the Achacachi Municipality within Bolivia <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg|25px]] [[Bolivia]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Bolivia|Department]] |subdivision_name1 = [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Bolivia|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Omasuyos Province]] <!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government --> |seat_type = Seat |seat = [[Achacachi]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Constancio Gutierrez |leader_title1 =President<!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = Bernabé Paucara Bautista (2007) |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Foundation<!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 1072 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2001 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 70503 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 =[[Aymara people|Aymara]] |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = BOT |utc_offset = -4 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|16|5|0|S|68|40|0|W|region:BO|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m =3823 |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = http://www.achacachi.gob.bo/index.php |footnotes = }} '''Achacachi Municipality''' is one of six [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipalities]] of the [[Omasuyos Province]] in the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]] in [[Bolivia]]. Its seat is [[Achacachi]].
The municipality is situated in the northern [[Altiplano]] of the Bolivian [[Andes]] region on the eastern shore of [[Lake Titicaca]] bordered to the north by the [[Larecaja Province]], to the east by the [[Los Andes Province (Bolivia)|Los Andes Province]], to the south-east by the Huarina Municipality, to the west by the Santiago de Huata Municipality, to the south by the Huatajata Municipality and Chúa Cocani Municipality (these four municipalities were cantons of the Achacachi Municipality until 2005, 2009, and 2010, respectively),<ref>[http://www.bolivia.com/noticIAS/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia42293.asp www.bolivia.com]</ref> to the south-west by [[Lake Wiñaymarka]] and the northern part of Lake Titicaca, and to the north-west by the [[Ancoraimes Municipality]].
== Population == The people are predominantly [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] citizens of [[Aymara people|Aymara]] descent (95.04%).
== See also == * [[Janq'u K'ark'a (Larecaja-Omasuyos)|Janq'u K'ark'a]] * [[Q'ara Qullu]] * [[Wari Qalluni Pata]]
== References == {{reflist}} * [http://www.ine.gov.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=02&Prov=02&Seccion=01 www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Achacachi Municipality]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141029162918/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020201&tipo=1 Achacachi Municipality: population data and map] (still showing Huarina, Santiago de Huata, Huatajata, and Chúa Cocani as cantons)
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[[Category:Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)]]
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