Sabaya

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Sabaya is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.

Sabaya is the administrative center of Atahuallpa Province and Sabaya Municipality alike and is located 200 km southwest of the department capital Oruro. It is situated at 3,698 m above sea level in the Río Sabaya valley on the eastern slopes of Cerro Pumari (4787 m). Salar de Coipasa is located 25 km southeast of Sabaya, and the stratovolcano Tata Sabaya (5430 m) 20 km in a southwestern direction.

Sabaya had a population of 573 inhabitants in 2001. ^[1]

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Coordinates: 19°00′53″S 68°22′15″W / 19.01472°S 68.37083°W / -19.01472; -68.37083

v d e Oruro Department

Capital: Oruro

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Municipalities (and seats)	Andamarca (Andamarca) Antequera (Antequera) Belén de Andamarca (Belén de Andamarca) Caracollo (Caracollo) Carangas (Carangas) Challapata (Challapata) Chipaya (Chipaya) Choquecota (Choquecota) Coipasa (Coipasa) Corque (Corque) Cruz de Machacamarca (Machacamarca) Curahuara de Carangas (Curahuara de Carangas) El Choro (El Choro) Escara (Escara) Esmeralda (Esmeralda) Eucaliptus (Eucaliptus) Huachacalla (Huachacalla) Huayllamarca (Huayllamarca) La Rivera (La Rivera) Machacamarca (Machacamarca) Oruro (Oruro) Pampa Aullagas (Pampa Aullagas) Pazña (Pazña) Sabaya (Sabaya) Salinas de Garcí Mendoza (Salinas de Garcí Mendoza) Santiago de Huari (Santiago de Huari) Santuario de Quillacas (Santuario de Quillacas) Todos Santos (Todos Santos) Toledo (Toledo) Totora (Totora) Turco (Turco) Huanuni (Huanuni) Poopó (Poopó) Yunguyo del Litoral (Yunguyo)