Tacopaya Municipality

Tacopaya Municipality
Municipality
Tacopaya Municipality Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°49′S66°39′W / 17.817°S 66.650°W / -17.817; -66.650
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Arque Province
Cantons	2
Seat	Tacopaya
Government
• Mayor	Ramon Quispe Mamani (2007)
• President	Bacilo Ugarte Medrano (2007)
Area
• Total	218 sq mi (565 km2)
Elevation	13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	11,658
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Tacopaya Municipality is the second municipal section of the Arque Province in the Cochabamba Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Tacopaya. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 11,658 inhabitants. ^[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below: ^{[2] [3]}

• Chullpa Ch'utu
• Inka Pukara
• Janq'u Jaqhi
• Kuntur Sayana
• Kuntur Wachana
• Mik'ayani
• Millu Wiqu
• Murmuntani
• Pichaqani
• Pukara
• P'ujru P'ujruni
• Silla Q'asa
• Uma P'ujru
• Wila Ch'utu
• Yaritani

Cantons

The municipality is divided into two cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):

• Tacopaya Canton - (Tacopaya)
• Ventilla Canton - (Ventilla)

Languages

The languages spoken in the Tacopaya Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish. ^[4]

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	10,766
Aymara	123
Guaraní	3
Another native	132
Spanish	3,309
Foreign	9
Only native	7,552
Native and Spanish	3,236
Only Spanish	74

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001 Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
2. Bolivia 1:100,000 Tarata 3635, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD
3. "Tacopaya". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
4. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)

17°49′00″S66°39′00″W / 17.8167°S 66.65°W / -17.8167; -66.65