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Municipality
This is a view of Lake Poopó taken from the south eastern shore near the village of Llapallapani.
Poopó Municipality, Bolivia Location in Bolivia
Country	Bolivia
Department	Oruro Department
Province	Poopó Province
Cantons	3
Seat	Poopó
Area
• Total	269 sq mi (697 km²)
Elevation	12,100 ft (3,700 m)
Population (2001)
• Total	6,163
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Poopó Municipality is the first municipal section of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Poopó.

Contents

Geography
Subdivision
Languages
See also

Geography

The municipality lies east of the Desaguadero River where it connects Uru Uru Lake and Poopó Lake.

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:

Chuqi Nasa
Chuwallani
Ch'alla Wintu
Ch'ankha
Ch'api Ch'api
Kisuri
Kuntur Ikiña
Llallawani
Pä Qullu

Puka Kancha
Pukara
Qachi Qachi
Qala Pirqata
Quri Mina
Tani Tani
Tanka Qullu
Taypi Qullu
Urqu Jipiña

Wallatiri
Wanqa Nasa
Wila Ch'ankha
Wila Ñiq'i
Wisk'achani
Yana Pukara
Yana Phusa

Subdivision

The municipality is divided into three cantons.

Coripata Canton
Poopó Canton
Venta y Media Canton

Languages

The languages spoken in the Poopó Municipality are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara .

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	4,439
Aymara	1,105
Guaraní	13
Another native	6
Spanish	5,189
Foreign	27
Only native	733
Native and Spanish	3,769
Only Spanish	1,420

See also

In Spanish: Poopó (municipio) para niños

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