{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Guanay Municipality |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline =Titicacameer1.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = The [[Cordillera Real (Bolivia)|Cordillera Real]] as seen from [[Lake Titicaca]] with [[Chachakumani]] and [[Ch'iyar Juqhu]] of the Guanay Municipality in the center |image_flag = Flag of Guanay, Bolivia.svg |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 Viacha 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 = [[Larecaja Province]] <!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government --> |seat_type = Seat |seat = [[Guanay]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Eddy Loayza Guzmán (2007) |leader_title1 =President<!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = Lady Saavedra de Chávez (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 = 3911 <!-- 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 = 11528 |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 = |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|-15.4947|-67.900|region:BO-L_type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 500 |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 = |footnotes = }} '''Guanay Municipality''' ([[Aymara language|Aymara]]: ''Wanay'') is the second [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipal section]] of the [[Larecaja Province]] in the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]], [[Bolivia]]. Its seat is [[Guanay]].
== Geography == The [[Cordillera Real (Bolivia)|Cordillera Real]] traverses the Guanay Municipality. Some of the highest peaks of the range, [[Chachakumani]] and [[Ch'iyar Juqhu]], lie within the borders of the municipality. More mountains are listed below:<ref>Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III and Zongo 5945-I</ref>
{| |- valign="top" | * [[Aqhuya Aqhuyani]] * [[Chachakumani]] * [[Ch'iyar Juqhu]] * [[Imasiña]] * [[Jach'a Pata (Larecaja)|Jach'a Pata]] * [[Janq'u K'ark'a (Larecaja-Murillo)|Janq'u K'ark'a]] * [[Kuntur Jipiña]] * [[Ñuñuni Qalani]] | * [[Pallqa K'ark'a]] * [[Patapatani]] * [[Qillwani]] * [[Turini (Larecaja)|Turini]] * [[Wari Qalluni Pata]] * [[Wila Lluxita]] * [[Wila Umani]] * [[Wila Wila (Bolivia)|Wila Wila]] |}
== Languages == The languages spoken in the Guanay Municipality are mainly Spanish, Aymara and Quechua.
{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:30%;" border="1" |-bgcolor=silver ! '''Language''' ! '''Inhabitants''' |- |[[Quechua languages|Quechua]] |align="right" |1.653 |- |[[Aymara language|Aymara]] |align="right" |3.405 |- |[[Guaraní language|Guaraní]] |align="right" |5 |- |Another native |align="right" |94 |- |[[Spanish language|Spanish]] |align="right" |10.064 |- |Foreign |align="right" |86 |- |Only native |align="right" |737 |- |Native and Spanish |align="right" |4.123 |- |Only Spanish |align="right" |5.942 |- |}
<small>Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo</small>
== See also == * [[Janq'u Quta (Larecaja)|Janq'u Quta]]
== References == {{Reflist}} * [http://www.ine.gob.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=02&Prov=06&Seccion=02 www.ine.gob.bo / census 2001: Guanay Municipality]
{{La Paz Department}}
[[Category:Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)]]
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