Tacopaya Municipality

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Tacopaya Municipality
Municipality
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Tacopaya Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°49′S66°39′W / 17.817°S 66.650°W / -17.817; -66.650
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Arque Province
Cantons 2
Seat Tacopaya
Government
 • MayorRamon Quispe Mamani (2007)
 • PresidentBacilo Ugarte Medrano (2007)
Area
 • Total218 sq mi (565 km2)
Elevation
13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total11,658
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]

Contents

Geography

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

Cantons

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

Languages

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

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua 10,766
Aymara 123
Guaraní 3
Another native132
Spanish 3,309
Foreign9
Only native7,552
Native and Spanish3,236
Only Spanish74

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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)


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

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