Yampupata is a small town in the department of La Paz in Bolivia, located in the Cantón Zampaya in the municipality of Copacabana in the province of Manco Kapac.

Yampupata
Town
Country Bolivia
Elevation
12,582 ft (3,835 m)
Population
 (2012 census)
 • Total365
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)
Area code+59i

Population edit

The town's population increased by almost a third in the decade between the 2001 and 2012 censuses :

Year Population Source
1992 No details available census
2001 279 census[1]
2012 365 census[2]

Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Copacabana 94.3% of the population speak the Aymara language.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001".
  2. ^ "INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012".
  3. ^ Victor Mezza Rosso; Isabel Quisbert Arias. "Indicadores Sociodemográficos por Provincia y Secciones de Provincia 1992-2001 - Departamento de La Paz" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2022.


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