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Municipality
Sorata town as seen from Purani Churiquimbaya botanic garden
Sorata Municipality Location in Bolivia
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Larecaja Province
Seat	Sorata
Area
• Total	794 sq mi (2,056 km²)
Population (2001)
• Total	18,932
• Ethnicities	Aymara
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Sorata Municipality (Aymara: Surat'a) is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th highest lake in the world, Laguna Glaciar.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. The highest peaks of the municipality are Illampu and Janq'u Uma. Other mountains are listed below:

Allqamarini
Chunta Qullu
Ch'alla Quta
Ch'iyar Qullu
Ch'uch'u
Ch'uch'u Apachita
Ch'uxña Quta
Ch'uxñani
Illampu
Jach'a Apachita
Jach'a Pukara
Jach'a Waylla Punta
Janq'u K'ark'a
Janq'u Uma
Jichu Quta
Jukumarini
Llawi Imaña
Phallata
P'iq'iñ Qullu
Qala Phusa
Quña Quñani
Quriwani
Q'asiri
Saywani
Uma Jalanta
Uma Manqha
Wankar Quta Qullu
Warachani
Wila Quta
Wila Wilani
Wiluyu Janq'u Uma
Yapuchañani

Languages

The languages spoken in the Sorata Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	363
Aymara	16,029
Guaraní	7
Another native	8
Spanish	11,223
Foreign	70
Only native	6,680
Native and Spanish	9,540
Only Spanish	1,690

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