sorata, municipality, aymara, surat, first, municipal, section, larecaja, province, department, bolivia, capital, sorata, illampu, janq, massif, located, within, municipality, site, 17th, highest, lake, world, laguna, glaciar, municipalitysorata, town, seen, f. Sorata Municipality Aymara Surat a is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department Bolivia Its capital is Sorata The Illampu Janq u Uma massif is located within the municipality site of the 17th highest lake in the world Laguna Glaciar Sorata MunicipalityMunicipalitySorata town as seen from Purani Churiquimbaya botanic gardenSorata MunicipalityLocation of the Arani Municipality within BoliviaCoordinates 15 45 0 S 68 32 0 W 15 75000 S 68 53333 W 15 75000 68 53333CountryBoliviaDepartmentLa Paz DepartmentProvinceLarecaja ProvinceSeatSorataArea Total794 sq mi 2 056 km2 Population 2001 Total18 932 EthnicitiesAymaraTime zoneUTC 4 BOT Contents 1 Geography 2 Languages 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGeography editThe Cordillera Real traverses the municipality The highest peaks of the municipality are Illampu and Janq u Uma Other mountains are listed below 1 2 3 4 Allqamarini Chunta Qullu Ch alla Quta Ch iyar Qullu Ch uch u Ch uch u Apachita Ch uxna Quta Ch uxnani Illampu Jach a Apachita Jach a Pukara Jach a Waylla Punta Janq u K ark a Janq u Uma Jichu Quta Jukumarini Llawi Imana Phallata P iq in Qullu Qala Phusa Quna Qunani Quriwani Q asiri Saywani Uma Jalanta Uma Manqha Wankar Quta Qullu Warachani Wila Quta Wila Wilani Wiluyu Janq u Uma YapuchananiLanguages editThe languages spoken in the Sorata Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish 5 Language Inhabitants Quechua 363 Aymara 16 029 Guarani 7 Another native 8 Spanish 11 223 Foreign 70 Only native 6 680 Native and Spanish 9 540 Only Spanish 1 690See also editCh uch u Jawira Ch usiq Uta Warus QutaReferences edit Bolivian IGM map 1 250 000 Caranavi SD 19 15 IGM map 1 50 000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946 III IGM map 1 50 000 Sorata 5846 I IGM map 1 50 000 Warizata 5846 II obd descentralizacion gov bo municipal fichas 2001 inactive website External links editPopulation data and map of Sorata Municipality nbsp This La Paz Department geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sorata Municipality amp oldid 1081104526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
