Desaguadero Municipality

{{Short description|Municipal section in La Paz Department, Bolivia}} [[File:Poste frontière desaguaderro.JPG|thumb|right|220px|[[Desaguadero (Bolivia)|Desaguadero]] (Peruvian side of the city), at the border [[Peru]] - [[Bolivia]]]] [[File:Lake Titicaca map.png|thumb|right|220px|Location of [[Desaguadero (Bolivia)|Desaguadero]] in Bolivia and Peru, at [[Lake Wiñaymarka]] ([[Lake Titicaca]])]] [[File:Flag of Desaguadero, Bolivia.svg|thumb|right|220px|Desaguadero's municipal flag]] '''Desaguadero Municipality''' is the fourth [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipal section]] of [[Ingavi Province]] in [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]], [[Bolivia]]. Its capital is [[Desaguadero (Bolivia)|Desaguadero]].

== Division == The municipality consists of the following two [[Cantons of Bolivia|cantons]]:<ref>[http://www.ine.gob.bo National Institute of Statistic in Bolivia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924073930/http://www.ine.gob.bo/ |date=September 24, 2011 }}</ref> * Desaguadero - 4.194 inhabitants (''2001'') * San Juan de Huancollo - 787 inhabitants

== The people == The people are predominantly [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] citizens of [[Aymara people|Aymara]] descent.<ref>obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)</ref>

{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:25%;" border="1" |-bgcolor=#EFEFEF ! '''Ethnic group''' ! '''%''' |- |[[Quechuas|Quechua]] |align="right" |1.3 |- |[[Aymara people|Aymara]] |align="right" |92.9

|- |[[Guarani people|Guaraní]], [[Chiquitos]], [[Moxos people|Moxos]] |align="right" |0.2 |- |Not [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] |align="right" |5.6 |- |Other indigenous groups |align="right" |0.1 |- |}

== Languages == The languages spoken in the Desaguadero Municipality are mainly [[Aymara language|Aymara]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].

{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:30%;" border="1" |-bgcolor=silver ! '''Language''' ! '''Inhabitants''' |- |[[Quechua languages|Quechua]] |align="right" |74 |- |[[Aymara language|Aymara]] |align="right" |3,831 |- |[[Guaraní language|Guaraní]] |align="right" |2 |- |Another native |align="right" |0 |- |[[Spanish language|Spanish]] |align="right" |3,806 |- |Foreign |align="right" |21 |- |Only native |align="right" |959 |- |Native and Spanish |align="right" |2,902 |- |Only Spanish |align="right" |905 |- |}

== Places of interest == Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:<ref>[http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509054006/http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php |date=2011-05-09 }} Tourist guide by the government of the department</ref> * The international fair of Desaguadero on the [[Peru]]vian border * [[Desaguadero River (Bolivia and Peru)|Desaguadero River]] with its [[Birds|avifauna]] and native [[Aymara people|Aymara]] and [[Uru people|Uru]] communities along its banks. The river runs along the entire [[Altiplano]].

== See also == * [[Janq'u Jaqhi (Ingavi)|Janq'u Jaqhi]] * [[Jilarata (La Paz)|Jilarata]]

== References == {{Reflist}} * obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141025080026/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020804&tipo=1 Desaguadero Municipality: population data and map] (Spanish)

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[[Category:Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)]]