Sorata Municipality

Sorata Municipality
Municipality
Sorata town as seen from Purani Churiquimbaya botanic garden
Sorata Municipality Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15°45′0″S 68°32′0″W / 15.75000°S 68.53333°W / -15.75000; -68.53333
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Larecaja Province
Seat	Sorata
Area
• Total	794 sq mi (2,056 km^2)
Population  (2001)
• Total	18,932
• Ethnicities	Aymara
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

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.

Geography

The 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'uxña Quta
• Ch'uxñani
• Illampu
• Jach'a Apachita
• Jach'a Pukara
• Jach'a Waylla Punta
• Janq'u K'ark'a
• Janq'u Uma
• Jichu Quta
• Jukumarini
• Llawi Imaña
• Phallata
• P'iq'iñ Qullu
• Qala Phusa
• Quña Quñani
• Quriwani
• Q'asiri
• Saywani
• Uma Jalanta
• Uma Manqha
• Wankar Quta Qullu
• Warachani
• Wila Quta
• Wila Wilani
• Wiluyu Janq'u Uma
• Yapuchañani

Languages

The languages spoken in the Sorata Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.^[5]

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	363
Aymara	16,029
Guaraní	7
Another native	8
Spanish	11,223
Foreign	70
Only native	6,680
Native and Spanish	9,540
Only Spanish	1,690

See also

• Ch'uch'u Jawira
• Ch'usiq Uta
• Warus Quta

References

1. Bolivian IGM map 1:250,000 Caranavi SD-19-15
2. IGM map 1:50,000 Comunidad Amaguaya 5946-III
3. IGM map 1:50,000 Sorata 5846-I
4. IGM map 1:50,000 Warizata 5846-II
5. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (2001) (inactive website)

External links

• Population data and map of Sorata Municipality