Copacabana Municipality, La Paz

Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana.

Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) and Chelleca island are situated within the municipality.

Subdivision The municipality was formerly, before the abolition of Bolivian cantons in 2009, divided into three cantons.

Canton Inhabitants (2001)www.ine.gob.bo Seat Copacabana Canton 8,194 Copacabana Lokha Canton 2,388 Lokha Zampaya Canton 4,004 Zampaya

The people The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group %Quechua0.9Aymara95.9Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0.2Not indigenous 3.0Other indigenous groups0.1 Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages The languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language InhabitantsQuechua185Aymara11,825Guaraní6Another native 4Spanish 10,713Foreign81Only native3,020Native and Spanish8,858Only Spanish1,857

Places of interest Chinkana Iñaq Uyu Pachat'aqa Pillkukayna Yampupata Yampupata Peninsula

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