title: Sorata Municipality
text: # Sorata Municipality
  
  Sorata Municipality (Aymara: Surat'a) is the first municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif is located within the municipality, site of the 17th highest lake in the world, Laguna Glaciar.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. The highest peaks of the municipality are Illampu and Janq'u Uma. Other mountains are listed below:
  
  * Allqamarini
  * Chunta Qullu
  * Ch'alla Quta
  * Ch'iyar Qullu
  * Ch'uch'u
  * Ch'uch'u Apachita
  * Ch'uxña Quta
  * Ch'uxñani
  * Illampu
  * Jach'a Apachita
  * Jach'a Pukara
  * Jach'a Waylla Punta
  * Janq'u K'ark'a
  * Janq'u Uma
  * Jichu Quta
  * Jukumarini
  * Llawi Imaña
  * Phallata
  * P'iq'iñ Qullu
  * Qala Phusa
  * Quña Quñani
  * Quriwani
  * Q'asiri
  * Saywani
  * Uma Jalanta
  * Uma Manqha
  * Wankar Quta Qullu
  * Warachani
  * Wila Quta
  * Wila Wilani
  * Wiluyu Janq'u Uma
  * Yapuchañani
  
  ## Languages
  
  The languages spoken in the Sorata Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.
  
  | Language | Inhabitants |
  | - | - |
  | Quechua | 363 |
  | Aymara | 16,029 |
  | Guaraní | 7 |
  | Another native | 8 |
  | Spanish | 11,223 |
  | Foreign | 70 |
  | Only native | 6,680 |
  | Native and Spanish | 9,540 |
  | Only Spanish | 1,690 |
  