Tarata Municipality

Tarata Municipality
Municipality
San José church in Tarata
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
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Esteban Arce Province
Seat	Tarata
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Hipolito Corrales (2008)
• President	Benjamin Zurita Meneses (2008)
Area
• Total	129 sq mi (335 km2)
Elevation	8,500 ft (2,600 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	8,715
• Density	68/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]

Subdivision

Tarata Municipality is divided into four cantons.

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

Languages

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

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	7,321
Aymara	78
Guaraní	8
Another native	2
Spanish	5,491
Foreign	43
Only native	2,734
Native and Spanish	4,621
Only Spanish	871

References

1. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
2. www.ine.gob.bo
3. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)

External links

• Population data and map of Tarata Municipality