Sorata Municipality
Municipality in La Paz, Bolivia
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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.
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Sorata | |
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Municipality | |
Sorata town as seen from Purani Churiquimbaya botanic garden | |
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 Location of the Sorata Municipality within Bolivia | |
 Sorata Municipality and its local surroundings | |
| Coordinates: 15°45′S 68°32′W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz |
| Province | Larecaja |
| Seat | Sorata |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eustaquio Huayta Poma (M.P.S., 2026)[1] |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 1,902 km2 (734 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Municipality | 30,083 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,951 |
| • Rural | 26,132 |
| • Indigenous ethnicities | Aymara: 19,451 (65%) Unspecified Indigenous: 3,182 (11%)[3] |
| 2024 Bolivian census | |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Geocode | 020601 (INE code) BO020601 (OCHA P-code) |
Geography
The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. The highest peaks of the municipality are Illampu and Janq'u Uma. Other mountains are listed below:[4][5][6][7]
- 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
