Tacacoma Municipality

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Tacacoma Municipality
Municipality
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Tacacoma Municipality
Location of the Tacacoma Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15°35′00″S68°43′00″W / 15.5834°S 68.7167°W / -15.5834; -68.7167 Coordinates: 15°35′00″S68°43′00″W / 15.5834°S 68.7167°W / -15.5834; -68.7167
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Larecaja Province
Seat Tacacoma
Government
  MayorCarlos Mamani Rodriguez (2007)
  PresidentGuido Machicado Pizza (2007)
Area
  Total315 sq mi (815 km2)
Elevation
10,000 ft (3,000 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total6,269
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Tacacoma Municipality is the third municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tacacoma.

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Languages

The languages spoken in the Tacacoma Municipality are mainly Aymara, Spanish and Quechua.

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 1.058
Aymara 4.389
Guaraní 1
Another native17
Spanish 4.321
Foreign6
Only native1.599
Native and Spanish3.389
Only Spanish933

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

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