Taraco Municipality

Taraco Municipality
Municipality

Location of the municipality within Ingavi province
Taraco Municipality

Location of the Taraco Municipality within Bolivia

Coordinates: 16°27′0″S 68°50′0″W / 16.45000°S 68.83333°W / -16.45000; -68.83333Coordinates: 16°27′0″S 68°50′0″W / 16.45000°S 68.83333°W / -16.45000; -68.83333
Country Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Ingavi Province
Seat Taraco
Government
  Mayor Idelfonso Choque Cortez (2008)
  President Fidel Tapia Choquehuanca (2008)
Area
  Total 42 sq mi (108 km2)
Elevation 12,800 ft (3,900 m)
Population (2001)
  Total 5,922

Taraco Municipality is the seventh municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Most of its area is situated on Taraco Peninsula jutting into Lake Wiñaymarka, the southern branch of Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Taraco.

Taraco Peninsula (in the middle) in Lake Wiñaymarka (Titicaca)

Division

The municipality is divided into the following cantons:[1]

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.[2]

Ethnic group %
Quechua 0.2
Aymara 96.4
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.0
Not indigenous 3.3
Other indigenous groups 0.1

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:[3]

References

  1. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia
  2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
  3. www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Tourist guide by the government of the department
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