Villa Rosario de Wilacala
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Villa Rosario de Wilacala is a villlage in the La Paz Department in Bolivia
. It is the seat of the Villa Rosario de Wila Khala Canton, one of the five cantons
of the Mocomoco Municipality
which is the second municipal section
of the Eliodoro Camacho Province
. The village is situated 4,264 m high at the north-western edge of the Muñecas Mountain Range (Cordillera Muñecas) near the border to Peru
. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 303.
Wilacala is the hispanicized spelling of , wila = blood or red, qala = stone, hard or quarry
: So the name can mean "Red stone", "Blood stone" or "Red quarry".
The people in the Mocomoco Municipality are mainly Aymara (93.84 %) and most citizens speak Aymara
(92.68 %) followed by Spanish
(5.69 %) and Quechua (1.25 %) .
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...
. It is the seat of the Villa Rosario de Wila Khala Canton, one of the five cantons
Cantons of Bolivia
||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....
of the Mocomoco Municipality
Mocomoco Municipality
Mocomoco Municipality is one of five municipalities of the Eliodoro Camacho Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Mocomoco.- Division :The municipality is divided into four cantons:- References :* - External links :*...
which 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 Eliodoro Camacho Province
Eliodoro Camacho Province
Eliodoro Camacho is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia situated at Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Puerto Acosta.Camacho Province is situated in the western region of the La Paz Department bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the east by the Larecaja Province, to the south by...
. The village is situated 4,264 m high at the north-western edge of the Muñecas Mountain Range (Cordillera Muñecas) near the border to 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....
. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 303.
Wilacala is the hispanicized spelling of , wila = blood or red, qala = stone, hard or quarry
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
: So the name can mean "Red stone", "Blood stone" or "Red quarry".
The people in the Mocomoco Municipality are mainly Aymara (93.84 %) and most citizens speak Aymara
Aymara language
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...
(92.68 %) followed by Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
(5.69 %) and Quechua (1.25 %) .