Irupana
Municipality
Irupana
Irupana
Irupana is located in Bolivia
Irupana
Irupana
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°30′S 67°30′W / 16.500°S 67.500°W / -16.500; -67.500
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceSud Yungas Province
SeatIrupana
Government
 • MayorClemente Mamani Condorena (2007)
Elevation
5,900 ft (1,800 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total11,383
Time zone UTC-4 (-4)
Mururata as seen from Coroico

Irupana Municipality or Villa de Lanza Municipality is the second municipal section of the Sud Yungas Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Irupana.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. The highest peaks of the municipality is Illimani at 6,438 m (21,122 ft) above sea level. Other mountains are listed below:

  • Allpaqani
  • Churu
  • Ch'iyar Qullu
  • Ch'uxña Pata
  • K'illimani
  • K'uchu Munti
  • K'usill Willk'i
  • Layqa Qullu
  • Llaytuwani
  • Link'u Link'u
  • Mururata
  • Pararani
  • Pupusani
  • Qaqinkura
  • Qutapata
  • Thiya Quta
  • Waychuni
  • Wisk'achani

Subdivision

Irupana Municipality is divided into six cantons.

Canton Inhabitants (2001) Seat Inhabitants (2001)
Irupana 4,465 Irupana 1,882
Lambate 2,693 Lambate 347
Laza 800 Laza 164
Taca 1,080 Taca 183
Chicaloma 1,177 Chicaloma 634
Victorio Lanza 1,168 Victorio Lanza 181

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Irupana Municipality, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.