Inquisivi Municipality

Inquisivi Municipality
Municipality
Inquisivi Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°50′S 67°0′W / 16.833°S 67.000°W / -16.833; -67.000
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceInquisivi Province
SeatInquisivi
Government
  MayorWalter Calle
Area
  Total
1,262 sq mi (3,268 km2)
Elevation
9,200 ft (2,800 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total
16,143
  Density10/sq mi (5/km2)
  Ethnicities
Aymara Quechua
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Inquisivi Municipality is the first municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Inquisivi.

The municipality is situated on the eastern slopes of the Kimsa Cruz mountain range between the Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east.

It is bordered to the north by the Sud Yungas Province, to the east by the Cochabamba Department, to the south by the Colquiri Municipality and to the west by Cajuata, Licomapampa, Quime and Ichoca municipalities.