Pelechuco Municipality is the second 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 Franz Tamayo Province

Franz Tamayo Province

Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high Andean plain on the western border with Peru...

 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,...

, 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...

. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115. Its seat is Pelechuco

Pelechuco

Pelechuco is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pelechuco Municipality, the second municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province.- References :*...

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The municipality is bordered to the north by Apolo

Apolo Municipality

Apolo Municipality is the first municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Apolo.Apolo Municipality is bordered to the east by Beni Department, San Buenaventura and Palos Blancos Municipalities, to the west by Peru and Pelechuco Municipality, to...

 Municipality, to the east by Apolo and Curva

Curva Municipality

Curva Municipality is the second municipal section of the Bautista Saavedra Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Curva.- References :*...

 Municipalities, to the south by Curva and Charazani Municipalities and to the west by Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

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Division

Pelechuco Municipality is subdivided into the following four cantons

Cantons of Bolivia

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• 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 municipalities are:

• Katantica Snowcovered Mountain (Nevado Katantica), one of the most important peaks of the Apolobamba
  Apolobamba
  Cordillera Apolobamba is a mountain range in the South American Andes.-Geographical Location:The Cordillera Apolobamba is located in the eastern borderland of Peru and Bolivia. It stretches across a distance of 50 km from East to West and 30 km from North to South...
  
   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
  Ulla Ulla National Reserve
  The Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - was created in 1972 with an extension of 240,000 ha, a biosphere reserve located in the Franz Tamayo Province, in the Department of La Paz in western Bolivia.The Reserve is on the high Andean...
  
   in Ulla Ulla Canton which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area
  Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area
  The Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area is a protected area in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, situated in the Bautista Saavedra, Franz Tamayo and Larecaja provinces.- External links :*...
  
  
• the pre-Hispanic Guanan ruins in Pelechuco Canton
• Cololo Lake in Antaquilla de Copacabana Canton
• Suches Lake on the border to Peru

External links

• Pelechuco Municipality: population data and map