Guanay Municipality

Guanay Municipality
Municipality
The Cordillera Real as seen from Lake Titicaca with Chachakumani and Ch'iyar Juqhu of the Guanay Municipality in the center
Guanay Municipality Location of the Viacha Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15.4947°S 67.900°W / -15.4947; -67.900
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Larecaja Province
Seat	Guanay
Government
• Mayor	Eddy Loayza Guzmán (2007)
• President	Lady Saavedra de Chávez (2007)
Area
• Total	1,510 sq mi (3,911 km2)
Elevation	1,600 ft (500 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	11,528
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Guanay Municipality (Aymara: Wanay) is the second municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Guanay.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the Guanay Municipality. Some of the highest peaks of the range, Chachakumani and Ch'iyar Juqhu, lie within the borders of the municipality. More mountains are listed below:

Aqhuya Aqhuyani Chachakumani Ch'iyar Juqhu Imasiña Jach'a Pata Janq'u K'ark'a Kuntur Jipiña Ñuñuni Qalani

Pallqa K'ark'a Patapatani Qillwani Turini Wari Qalluni Pata Wila Lluxita Wila Umani Wila Wila

Languages

The languages spoken in the Guanay Municipality are mainly Spanish, Aymara and Quechua.

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	1.653
Aymara	3.405
Guaraní	5
Another native	94
Spanish	10.064
Foreign	86
Only native	737
Native and Spanish	4.123
Only Spanish	5.942

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

See also

• Janq'u Quta

References

• www.ine.gob.bo / census 2001: Guanay Municipality