- Copacabana Municipality, La Paz
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Copacabana Municipality — Municipality — Copacabana and Lake Titicaca
Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Copacabana MunicipalityCoordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W / 16.15°S 69.033333°WCoordinates: 16°9′0″S 69°2′0″W / 16.15°S 69.033333°W Country 
BoliviaDepartment La Paz Department Province Manco Kapac Province Seat Copacabana Government - Mayor Juan Armando Callisaya Quispe - President Adela Calizaya de Mamani Area - Total 67.2 sq mi (174 km2) Elevation 12,631 ft (3,850 m) Population (2001) - Total 14,586 - Ethnicities Aymara Time zone EST (UTC-5) - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) 
Chelleca island, Lake Titicaca
Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana.
Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) and Chelleca island are situated within the municipality.
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Subdivision
The municipality is divided into three cantons.
Canton Inhabitants (2001)[1] Seat Copacabana Canton 8,194 Copacabana Lokha Canton 2,388 Lokha Zampaya Canton 4,004 Zampaya The people
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.
Ethnic group % Quechua 0.9 Aymara 95.9 Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.2 Not indigenous 3.0 Other indigenous groups 0.1 Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
Languages
The languages spoken in the Copacabana Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.
Language Inhabitants Quechua 185 Aymara 11,825 Guaraní 6 Another native 4 Spanish 10,713 Foreign 81 Only native 3,020 Native and Spanish 8,858 Only Spanish 1,857 See also
- Virgen de Copacabana
- Yampupata Peninsula
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La Paz Department 
Capital: La Paz Provinces Abel Iturralde • Aroma • Bautista Saavedra • Caranavi • Camacho • Franz Tamayo • Gualberto Villarroel • Ingavi • Inquisivi • José Manuel Pando • Larecaja • Loayza • Los Andes • Manco Kapac • Murillo • Muñecas • Nor Yungas • Omasuyos • Pacajes • Sud Yungas
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Mountains Alpamayo Chico • Condoriri • Anallajsi • Ancohuma • Chachacomani • Chacaltaya • Illampu • Illimani • Huayna Potosí • MururataProtected areas Apolobamba • Cotapata • Madidi • Pilón Lajas
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