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    end of the Yungas Road) The Yungas Road is a cycle route about 60 km long that links the city of La Paz and the Yungas region of Bolivia. It draws about...
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    enforcement being postponed to 1851), Afro-Bolivians would relocate to a place called the Yungas. The Yungas, which is not far north from the city of La...
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  • in the Yungas region of Bolivia. The monarchy is treated as a customary leader of the Afro-Bolivian community. The powers of the Afro-Bolivian king are...
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    The Southern Andean Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of southwestern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina...
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    and are located mainly in the provinces of Nor Yungas and Sud Yungas. Slavery was abolished in Bolivia in 1831. There are also important communities of...
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    Nor Yungas is a province in the Yungas area of the Bolivian department of La Paz. During the presidency of José Manuel Pando the Yungas Province was divided...
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    Caporales (category African diaspora in Bolivia)
    The Caporales is a traditional Andean dance originated in Los Yungas of La Paz. Caporales were created and presented to the public for the first time in...
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    of 6.6 kilometers (22,000 ft). Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas, the steep eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains that make the transition...
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    La Paz (redirect from La Paz, Bolivia)
    department use informal stations located in Villa Fátima (departures to Los Yungas, Beni and Pando), Upper San Pedro (for Apolo) and near the General Cemetery...
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  • in Bolivia Italian Bolivians Mennonites in Bolivia Mestizos in Bolívia History of the Jews in Bolivia "The World Factbook: Bolivia". CIA. Retrieved 14...
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    Coroico (category Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia))
    Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia. Coroico Viejo (Old Coroico) was founded above the river Quri Wayq'u...
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    cultivated in medium-altitude parts of the Bolivian Andes since at least the Inca era, primarily in the Yungas north and east of La Paz. Cultivation expanded...
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    Sud Yungas or Sur Yungas (Aymara: Aynach Yunka jisk'a) is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It was created during the presidency of José...
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    department of La Paz and in the provinces of Nor Yungas and Sud Yungas. 23,330 people self-identified as Afro-Bolivian in the 2012 census. Asians: Mainly Japanese...
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    Mónica Rey Gutiérrez (category People from Nor Yungas Province)
    Assembly of Bolivia. Adalberta Mónica Rey Gutiérrez was born on 23 April 1964 in Comunidad Marca, of the Nor Yungas Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. She...
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  • The Saya is a music and dance that originated in Los Yungas-Chicaloma Bolivia. The artform's name comes from the Kikongo term nsaya, which means communal...
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    slopes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and far northwestern Argentina. These forest-types, which includes the Yungas and parts of the Chocó, are very...
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    Los Andes is one of the twenty provinces in the central parts of the Bolivian La Paz Department. The province was legally founded on November 24, 1917...
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    and are located mainly in the provinces of Nor Yungas and Sud Yungas. Slavery was abolished in Bolivia in 1831. There are also important communities of...
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    Jorge Medina (category People from Nor Yungas Province)
    La cara rebelde y alegre de los Yungas" [Afro-Bolivian Tomasa Medina Flores: The Rebellious and Joyful Face of the Yungas]. Página Siete (in Spanish)...
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    against its violation of Bolivia's sovereignty. In 1988, a new law, Law 1008, recognized only 12,000 hectares in the Yungas as sufficient to meet the...
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    the Yungas lesser long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus mazzai) is a species of armadillo in the family Dasypodidae. It is endemic to Argentina and Bolivia. Its...
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  • los Yungas de la Paz (1994) Kausachun-Coca. Economía campesina cocalera en los Yungas y el Chapare. Programa de Investigación Estratégica en Bolivia (2004)...
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    Coipasa Lake. The northeastern flank of the Cordillera Real is known as the Yungas, from the Aymara and Quechua word yunka meaning "warm valley". The steep...
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    administered by an alcalde and municipal council. Departments of Bolivia Municipalities of Bolivia Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Bolivia (Spanish)...
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    to Our Lady of Copacabana, the patron saint of Bolivia. The town is a tourism destination in Bolivia. It is also known for its trout and quaint atmosphere...
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    mountain range, this section crossing the department of Cochabamba forms the Yungas and the Chapare. Its major summits include Tunari at approximately 5,200...
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    Luis Arce (category Finance ministers of Bolivia)
    are the highland Yungas and the lowland Chapare. According to some experts, around thirty percent of coca cultivated in the Yungas is used to make cocaine...
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    Huayna Potosí (category Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia))
    Huayna Potosí is a mountain in Bolivia, located near El Alto and about 25 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real. Huayna Potosí is the closest high...
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    Cocalero (category Society of Bolivia)
    refined into cocaine. Its cultivation was prohibited by Bolivian law, except in the region of Yungas despite its affinity to the climate and land of the Chapare...
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