Viacha Municipality

Viacha Wiyacha
Municipality
Location of the municipality within Ingavi province
Viacha Location of the Viacha Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°45′0″S 68°20′0″W
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Ingavi Province
Seat	Viacha
Government
• Mayor	Arsenio Lamas Chambi (2007)
• President	Heriberto Quispe Flores (2007)
Area
• Total	326 sq mi (845 km^2)
Elevation	12,800 ft (3,900 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	46,596
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Viacha Municipality is the first municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Viacha.

Division

The municipality is subdivided into seven cantons:

• Chacoma Irpa Grande - 1,247 inhabitants (2001) [1]
• General José Ballivian - 452 inhabitants
• Ichuraya Grande - 332 inhabitants
• Irpuma Irpa Grande - 1,078 inhabitants
• Viacha - 46,596 inhabitants
• Villa Remedios - 1,449 inhabitants
• Villa Santiago de Chacoma - 438 inhabitants

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.[2]

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	2.9
Aymara	84.4
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.2
Not indigenous	12.2
Other indigenous groups	0.2

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:[3]

• The town of Viacha
• Viriloco lagoon, a small man made lake in Viacha Canton
• Qalachaka bridge in Viacha Canton
• "Virgen de Letanías" Sanctuary in Viacha Canton
• "Pan de Azúcar" mountain in Viacha Canton
• Fields of the Battle of Ingavi in Viacha Canton

See also

• Katari River
• Q'awiri Qullu
• Wayllani

References

1. National Institute of Statistic of Bolivia Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
3. www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Archived May 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Tourist guide by the government of the department

• www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Viacha Municipality

External links

• Viacha Municipality: population data and map (PDF; 630 kB) (Spanish)