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. The municipality is home to the absolute majority of the so-called Puquina indigenous people (1,845 persons out of the 1,944 Puquinas censused in Bolivia in 2024).
Geography The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the municipality. The highest mountain of the municipality is Chawpi Urqu (Wisk'achani) at . Other mountains are listed below:IGM map 1:100,000 3041 PelechucoBIGM map 1:100,000 Umanata 3040
Allqamarini Apachita Pura Pura Chawpi Urqu (Bolivia) Chinkani Ch'amakani Ch'usiqani Jach'a Waracha Jichu Qullu Kulli Pata Khunuyu Machu Such'i Qhuchi Palumani Puka Puka Punta Yawri P'isaqa Qala Phusa Q'umir Pata Rit'i Apachita Salluyu Supay Punku Ulla Qhaya Wanakuni Wank'uchiri Waracha Yawa Yawa
Division Pelechuco Municipality is subdivided into the following four cantons:National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia 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 municipality are:www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Tourist guide by the government of the department 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
See also K'ayrani Quta K'iski Quta Pelechuco River
References
www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Pelechuco Municipality External links Pelechuco Municipality: population data and map