Viacha Municipality
Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia
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Viacha Municipality is the first municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Viacha.
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 km2) |
| Elevation | 12,800 ft (3,900 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 46,596 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
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]
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