Desaguadero Municipality
Desaguadero Municipality is the fourth municipal section of Ingavi Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Desaguadero.
Division
The municipality consists of the following two cantons:- Desaguadero - 4.194 inhabitants
- San Juan de Huancollo - 787 inhabitants
The people
Ethnic group | % |
Quechua | 1.3 |
Aymara | 92.9 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.2 |
Not indigenous | 5.6 |
Other indigenous groups | 0.1 |
Languages
The languages spoken in the Desaguadero Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.Language | Inhabitants |
Quechua | 74 |
Aymara | 3,831 |
Guaraní | 2 |
Another native | 0 |
Spanish | 3,806 |
Foreign | 21 |
Only native | 959 |
Native and Spanish | 2,902 |
Only Spanish | 905 |
Places of interest
Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:- The international fair of Desaguadero on the Peruvian border
- Desaguadero River with its avifauna and native Aymara and Uru communities along its banks. The river runs along the entire Altiplano.