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Pelechuco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115. Its seat is Pelechuco.
The municipality is bordered to the north by the Apolo Municipality, to the east by the Apolo and Curva Municipalities, to the south by the Curva and Charazani Municipalities and to the west by Peru.




Geography


The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the municipality. The highest mountain of the municipality is Chawpi Urqu (Wisk'achani) at 6,044 m (19,829 ft). Other mountains are listed below:




Division


Pelechuco Municipality is subdivided into the following four cantons:

Antaquilla de Copacabana - 964 inhabitants (2001)
Pelechuco - 2,756 inhabitants
Suches - 227 inhabitants
Ulla Ulla - 1,168 inhabitants




Places of interest


Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:

Katantica, one of the most important peaks of the Apolobamba mountain range, about 5,592 m high, in Pelechuco Canton
the colonial town of Pelechuco
the village of Queara near Pelechuco which is also situated in the highest area of Madidi National Park
the Ulla Ulla National Reserve in Ulla Ulla Canton which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area
the pre-Hispanic Guanan ruins in Pelechuco Canton
Cololo Lake in Antaquilla de Copacabana Canton
Suches Lake on the border to Peru




See also


K'ayrani Quta
K'iski Quta
Pelechuco River




References



www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Pelechuco Municipality




External links


Pelechuco Municipality: population data and map

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Pelechuco Municipality
• Pelechuco
• Rit'i Apachita
• Waracha
• Kulli Pata
• Salluyu
• Cololo Lake
• Chaupi Orco (mountain)
• Chawpi Urqu (Bolivia)
• Municipalities of Bolivia