Tarata Municipality

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Tarata Municipality
Municipality
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San José church in Tarata
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Tarata Municipality
Location of the Tarata Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°41′0″S66°3′0″W / 17.68333°S 66.05000°W / -17.68333; -66.05000 Coordinates: 17°41′0″S66°3′0″W / 17.68333°S 66.05000°W / -17.68333; -66.05000
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Esteban Arce Province
Seat Tarata
Government
 • MayorPedro Hipolito Corrales (2008)
 • PresidentBenjamin Zurita Meneses (2008)
Area
 • Total129 sq mi (335 km2)
Elevation
8,500 ft (2,600 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total8,715
 • Density68/sq mi (26.1/km2)
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Tarata Municipality (Quechua: T'arata munisipyu) is the first municipal section of the Esteban Arce Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tarata. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 8,715 inhabitants. Along with neighboring municipalities such as Arbieto, Cliza, Tolata, and Punata, much of its population lives abroad, mainly in Argentina, Spain, Italy, and the Washington DC area in the United States. [1]

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Subdivision

Tarata Municipality is divided into four cantons.

KantonInhabitants (2001) [2] Seat
Tarata Canton 5,983 Tarata
Huasa Rancho Canton 822Huasa Rancho
Huayculi Canton 1,134Huayculi
Izata Canton 776Izata

Languages

The languages spoken in the Tarata Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish. [3]

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 7,321
Aymara 78
Guaraní 8
Another native2
Spanish 5,491
Foreign43
Only native2,734
Native and Spanish4,621
Only Spanish871

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