San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality

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San Pedro de Tiquina
Municipality
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San Pedro de Tiquina
Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°14′0″S68°52′0″W / 16.23333°S 68.86667°W / -16.23333; -68.86667 Coordinates: 16°14′0″S68°52′0″W / 16.23333°S 68.86667°W / -16.23333; -68.86667
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Manco Kapac Province
Seat San Pedro de Tiquina
Government
  MayorGregorio Argani Quispe
  PresidentFreddy Poma Peñaranda
Area
  Total20 sq mi (60 km2)
Elevation
12,630 ft (3,850 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total6,093
  Ethnicities
Aymara
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality is the second municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is San Pedro de Tiquina.

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Subdivision

The municipality is divided into five cantons.

CantonInhabitants (2001) [1] Seat
Calata San Martin Canton 1,282 Calata de San Martin
San Pablo de Tiquina Canton 1,474 San Pablo de Tiquina
San Pedro de Tiquina Canton 839 San Pedro de Tiquina
Santiago de Ojje Canton 516Santiago de Ojje
Villa Amacari Canton 1,982 Villa Amacari

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group%
Quechua 1.1
Aymara 91.6
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.2
Not indigenous 6.9
Other indigenous groups0.2

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

The languages spoken in the San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 114
Aymara 4,884
Guaraní 3
Another native8
Spanish 4,440
Foreign41
Only native1,409
Native and Spanish3,518
Only Spanish924

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