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Larecaja Province
Province
Laguna Glaciar
Location o Larecaja Province athin Bolivie
Location o Larecaja Province athin Bolivie
Coordinates: 15°50′0″S 68°10′0″W / 15.83333°S 68.16667°W / -15.83333; -68.16667
Kintra Bolivia
DepairtmentLa Paz Depairtment
Municipalities8
CaipitalSorata
Area
 • Total8110 km2 (3,130 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total68,026
 • Density8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Aymara Quechua
WebsiteOfficial website

Larecaja is a province in the Bolivie La Paz Depairtment. It wis foondit bi Antonio José de Sucre on October 18, 1826. Its caipital is Sorata situatit wast o the Cordillera Real at the fuit o Illampu an Ancohuma.

Subdiveesion

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Larecaja Province is dividit intae aicht municipalities which are pairtly further subdividit intae cantons.

Section Municipality Seat
1st Sorata Municipality Sorata
2nd Guanay Municipality Guanay
3rd Tacacoma Municipality Tacacoma
4th Quiabaya Municipality Quiabaya
5th Combaya Municipality Combaya
6th Tipuani Municipality Tipuani
7th Mapiri Municipality Mapiri
8th Teoponte Municipality Teoponte

The leids spoken in the Larecaja Province are mainly Aymara, Spaingie an Quechua. The follaein table shows the nummer o those belangin tae the recognisit group o speakers.[1]

Language Sorata Municipality Guanay Municipality Tacacoma Municipality Quiabaya Municipality Combaya Municipality Tipuani Municipality Mapiri Municipality Teoponte Municipality
Quechua 363 1.653 1.058 33 20 1.587 3.649 756
Aymara 16.029 3.405 4.389 2.269 2.522 2.534 1.767 2.837
Guaraní 7 5 1 0 0 20 6 6
Anither native 8 94 17 2 1 18 7 22
Spaingie 11.223 10.064 4.321 1.391 1.214 8.594 8.567 6.211
Foreign 70 86 6 6 1 61 17 33
Anerlie native 6.680 737 1.599 1.023 1.363 190 363 472
Native an Spaingie 9.540 4.123 3.389 1.256 1.162 3.499 4.653 2.925
Anerlie Spaingie 1.690 5.942 933 135 52 5.097 3.915 3.290

Places o interest

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References

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  1. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  2. "The Highest Lake in the World". www.highestlake.com. Archived frae the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 12 Apryle 2009.