Alalay Municipality

Alalay Municipality
Municipality
Alalay Municipality

Location within Bolivia

Coordinates: BO 17°50′S 66°29′W / 17.833°S 66.483°W / -17.833; -66.483
Country  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Mizque Province
Seat Alalay
Government
  Mayor Juan Rosas Camacho (2007)
  President Juan Rios Rojas (2007)
Elevation 13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population (2001)
  Total 4,931
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

Alalay Municipality is the third municipal section of the Mizque Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Alalay.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[1][2]

Languages

The languages spoken in the Alalay Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.[3]

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 4,529
Aymara 12
Guaraní 9
Another native 1
Spanish 1,002
Foreign 4
Only native 3,549
Native and Spanish 987
Only Spanish 15

References

  1. Bolivia 1:100,000 Punata 3735
  2. "Alalay". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  3. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático (Spanish)


Coordinates: 17°50′00″S 65°29′00″W / 17.8333°S 65.4833°W / -17.8333; -65.4833

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