Poopó Municipality


Poopó Municipality is the first municipal section of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Poopó.

Geography

The municipality lies east of the Desaguadero River where it connects Uru Uru Lake and Poopó Lake.
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:

Subdivision

The municipality is divided into three cantons.
The languages spoken in the Poopó Municipality are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara.
LanguageInhabitants
Quechua4,439
Aymara1,105
Guaraní13
Another native6
Spanish5,189
Foreign27
Only native733
Native and Spanish3,769
Only Spanish1,420