Pelechuco Municipality

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Pelechuco Municipality |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality |motto =  |image_skyline =Cerro jacha huaracha.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = [[Jach'a Waracha]] as seen from the west, Pelechuco Municipality |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 |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location of the Pelechuco Municipality within Bolivia  |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 = [[Franz Tamayo Province]]  |seat_type = Seat |seat = [[Pelechuco]]  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Daniel Cama Mamani (2007) |leader_title1 =President |leader_name1 = Florencio Condori Mamani (2007) |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Foundation |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 2507  |area_land_km2 =  |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_as_of = 2001 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 5115 |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 =  |timezone = BOT |utc_offset = -4 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|14|45|0|S|69|5|0|W|region:BO|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m =3900 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Pelechuco Municipality''' is the second [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipal section]] of the [[Franz Tamayo Province]] in the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]], [[Bolivia]]. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115. Its seat is [[Pelechuco]].

The municipality is bordered to the north by the [[Apolo Municipality|Apolo]] Municipality, to the east by the Apolo and [[Curva Municipality|Curva]] Municipalities, to the south by the Curva and Charazani Municipalities and to the west by [[Peru]]. The municipality is home to the absolute majority of the so-called Puquina indigenous people (1,845 persons out of the 1,944 Puquinas censused in Bolivia in 2024).

== Geography == The [[Cordillera Apolobamba|Apolobamba]] mountain range traverses the municipality. The highest mountain of the municipality is [[Chawpi Urqu]] (Wisk'achani) at {{convert|6044|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Other mountains are listed below:<ref>IGM map 1:100,000 3041 Pelechuco</ref><ref>BIGM map 1:100,000 Umanata 3040</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=18em}} * [[Allqamarini]] * [[Apachita Pura Pura]] * [[Chawpi Urqu (Bolivia)]] * [[Chinkani]] * [[Ch'amakani (Bolivia-Peru)|Ch'amakani]] * [[Ch'usiqani]] * [[Jach'a Waracha]] * [[Jichu Qullu (Bolivia-Peru)|Jichu Qullu]] * [[Kulli Pata]] * [[Khunuyu]] * [[Machu Such'i Qhuchi]] * [[Palumani]] * [[Puka Puka (Bolivia)|Puka Puka]] * [[Punta Yawri]] * [[P'isaqa]] * [[Qala Phusa]] * [[Q'umir Pata]] * [[Rit'i Apachita]] * [[Salluyu]] * [[Supay Punku]] * [[Ulla Qhaya]] * [[Wanakuni]] * [[Wank'uchiri]] * [[Waracha]] * [[Yawa Yawa]] {{div col end}}

== Division == Pelechuco Municipality is subdivided into the following four [[Cantons of Bolivia|cantons]]:<ref>[http://www.ine.gob.bo National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia]</ref> * Antaquilla de Copacabana - 964 inhabitants ''(2001)'' * Pelechuco - 2,756 inhabitants * Suches - 227 inhabitants * Ulla Ulla - 1,168 inhabitants

== Places of interest == Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities 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> * Katantica, one of the most important peaks of the [[Apolobamba]] mountain range, about 5,592 m high, in Pelechuco Canton * the colonial town of Pelechuco * the village of Queara near Pelechuco which is also situated in the highest area of [[Madidi National Park]] * the [[Ulla Ulla National Reserve]] in Ulla Ulla Canton which today is part of the [[Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area]] * the pre-Hispanic Guanan ruins in Pelechuco Canton * [[Cololo Lake]] in Antaquilla de Copacabana Canton * [[Suches Lake]] on the border to Peru

== See also == * [[K'ayrani Quta]] * [[K'iski Quta]] * [[Pelechuco River]]

== References == {{Reflist}} * [http://www.ine.gov.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=02&Prov=07&Seccion=02 www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Pelechuco Municipality]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} == External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141207134348/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020702&tipo=1 Pelechuco Municipality: population data and map]

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