{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Omasuyos |other_name = |native_name = Uma Suyu |nickname = |settlement_type = Province |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Titicacabolivia.JPG |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = [[Lake Wiñaymarka]] |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Bolivia La Paz Omasuyos.png |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of Omasuyos Province within Bolivia |image_map1 = Bolivia Departamento La Paz.png |mapsize1 = 250px |map_caption1 = Provinces of the La Paz Department |image_dot_map = |pushpin_map = <!-- 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 Franz Tamayo 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_type3 = [[Municipalities of Bolivia|Municipalities]] |subdivision_name3 = 4 |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government --> |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Achacachi]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 2065<!-- 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 = 2024 census |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 94,158 |population_density_km2 = auto |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|3|0|S|68|38|0|W|region:BO|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code =BO.LP.FT |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = [http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo/index.php/conoce/la-paz/estructura/estructura-fisica/287-provincia-omasuyos.html Official website] |footnotes = }} '''Omasuyos''' (Hispanicized spelling) or '''Uma Suyu'''<ref name=ministerio/> ([[Aymara language|Aymara]] ''uma'' water, ''suyu'' region, "water region")<ref name=bertonio/> is a [[Provinces of Bolivia|province]] in the [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz Department]] in [[Bolivia]]. Its capital is [[Achacachi]] (Jach'a Q'achi).
The province is situated in the [[Altiplano]] bordered to the north by the [[Muñecas Province]], to the northeast by the [[Larecaja Province]], to the southeast by the [[Los Andes Province (Bolivia)|Los Andes Province]], to the south and west by [[Lake Titicaca]] and to the northwest by the [[Eliodoro Camacho Province]].
== Geography == The [[Cordillera Real (Bolivia)|Cordillera Real]] traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:<ref name=igm1/><ref name=igm2/><ref name=ine/>
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em| * Chiwanqu * Ch'amaka Misa * Ch'umani * Inkawi * Jach'a Pata * Jach'a P'iq'iñ Q'ara * [[Janq'u K'ark'a (Larecaja-Omasuyos)|Janq'u K'ark'a]] * Jichu Qullu * Kimsa Chatani * Muru Qullu * Paqu Juqhu * Pinkilluni * Pukara * Pukarani * P'iq'iñ Q'ara * Qala Qala * Qutu Uma Qullu * [[Q'ara Qullu]] (Achacachi) * [[Q'ara Qullu (Ancoraimes)|Q'ara Qullu]] (Ancoraimes) * Taypi K'ark'a * [[Wari Qalluni Pata]] * Wila Sirka * Wisk'achani }}
==Subdivision== The province is divided into six [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipalities]].<ref>[http://www.bolivia.com/noticIAS/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia42293.asp www.bolivia.com (Spanish)]</ref><ref>[http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246 www.planguarani.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092055/http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246 |date=2011-07-15 }} (Spanish)</ref>
{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:40%;" border="1" |-bgcolor=silver ! '''Municipality''' ! '''Inhabitants''' <small> (2001) </small> <ref>[http://www.ine.gov.bo National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027220541/http://www.ine.gov.bo/ |date=2009-10-27 }} (Spanish)</ref> !Inhabitants <small>(2012)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fm.ine.gob.bo/censofichacomunidad/|title=Ficha Resúmen Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2012|last=Instituto Nacional de Estadística|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044621/http://fm.ine.gob.bo/censofichacomunidad/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ! '''Seat''' ! '''Inhabitants''' <small> (2001)</small> |- | [[Achacachi Municipality|Achacachi]] || align="right" |70,503 |46,058 | [[Achacachi]] || align="right" | 7,540 |- | [[Huarina Municipality|Huarina]] || rowspan="4" align="right" | ''(included in Achacachi in 2001)'' |7,948|| [[Huarina]] || align="right" | 1,308 |- | [[Santiago de Huata Municipality|Santiago de Huata]] |8,562|| [[Santiago de Huata]] || align="right" | 576 |- | [[Huatajata Municipality|Huatajata]] |3,927|| [[Huatajata]] || align="right" | 576 |- | [[Chua Cocani Municipality|Chua Cocani]] |5,003|| [[Chua Cocani]] || align="right" | 852 |- |[[Ancoraimes Municipality|Ancoraimes]] || align="right" | 15,199 |13,136 | [[Ancoraimes]] || align="right" | 561 |- |} ° <small> including separated cantons</small>
Huarina and Santiago de Huata, and Huatajata and Chua Cocani received the status of municipalities in 2005, 2009, and 2010, respectively. Formerly they were cantons of the Achacachi Municipality.
== See also == * [[Ch'iyar Juqhu River]]
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=ministerio>Yaticha Kamani / Ministerio de Educación, Aymara aru thakhinchawi, Chuqi Yapu 2011</ref> <ref name=bertonio>{{Ref Bertonio}}</ref> <ref name=igm1>Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 5846-III Ancoraimes</ref> <ref name=igm2>Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 5846-IV Mina Matilde</ref> <ref name=ine>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020202&tipo=1|title=Ancoraimes|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=INE, Bolivia|access-date=February 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215032632/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020202&tipo=1|archive-date=February 15, 2016}} labelled ''(Khara Kella)''</ref> }}
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