Tacopaya Municipality

Tacopaya Municipality
—  Municipality  —
Tacopaya Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates:
Country  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Arque Province
Cantons 2
Foundation
Seat Tacopaya
Government
 • Mayor Ramon Quispe Mamani (2007)
 • President Bacilo Ugarte Medrano (2007)
Area
 • Total 218.1 sq mi (565 km2)
Elevation 13,123 ft (4,000 m)
Population (2001)
 • Total 11,658
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

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

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.[2]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001 (Spanish)
  2. ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático (Spanish)

External links

Capital: Cochabamba
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