Pelechuco Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pelechuco Municipality
Municipality
Jach'a Waracha as seen from the west, Pelechuco Municipality
Pelechuco Municipality Location in Bolivia
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Franz Tamayo Province
Seat	Pelechuco
Area
• Total	968 sq mi (2,507 km2)
Elevation	12,800 ft (3,900 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	5,115
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

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