Inquisivi Municipality is the first municipal section

Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...

 of the Inquisivi Province

Inquisivi Province

Inquisivi is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. The capital of the province is Inquisivi.- Subdivision :Inquisivi Province is divided into six municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.-External links:****...

 in the La Paz Department

La Paz Department (Bolivia)

The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2001 census population of 2,350,466 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty Cordillera Real that reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas,...

 in Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. Its seat is Inquisivi

Inquisivi

Inquisivi is the capital of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. It was officially named on Nov. 2, 1844. Residents of Inquisivi are called Inquisivenos....

.

The municipality is situated on the eastern slopes of the Kimsa Krus Mountain Range (Cordillera de Kimsa Krus) between the Altiplano

Altiplano

The Altiplano , in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet...

 in the west and the Amazon

Amazon River

The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...

 lowlands in the east.

It is bordered to the north by the Sud Yungas Province

Sud Yungas Province

Sud Yungas is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Chulumani.- Subdivision :The province is divided into five municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...

, to the east by the Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...

, to the south by the Colquiri Municipality

Colquiri Municipality

Colquiri Municipality is the fourth municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Colquiri.- References :*...

 and to the west by Cajuata

Cajuata Municipality

Cajuata Municipality is the third municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Cajuata.- References :*...

, Licomapampa

Licoma Pampa Municipality

Licoma Pampa Municipality is the sixth municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Licoma.- References :*...

, Quime

Quime Municipality

Quime Municipality is the second municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia, located south-east of the city of La Paz...

 and Ichoca

Ichoca Municipality

Ichoca Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Ichoca.- References :*...

 municipalities.

Division

Inquisivi Municipality is divided into eight cantons

Cantons of Bolivia

||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....

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• Arcopongo - 4,046 inhabitants (2001)
• Capiñata - 1,699 inhabitants
• Cavari - 2,024 inhabitants
• Eduardo Abaroa - 949 inhabitants
• Escola - 1,904 inhabitants
• Inquisivi - 3,495 inhabitants
• Pocusco - 960 inhabitants
• Siguas - 1,066 inhabitants

Notable people

The politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho

Eliodoro Camacho

Eliodoro Camacho was a noted Bolivian politician, party leader, and presidential candidate. The Eliodoro Camacho Province is named after him. Camacho was born in Inquisivi, Department of La Paz, but grew up in Cochabamba...

(1831–1899) was born in Inquisivi.