Tacopaya Municipality

Tacopaya Municipality
Municipality
Tacopaya Municipality

Location within Bolivia

Coordinates: BO 17°49′S 66°39′W / 17.817°S 66.650°W / -17.817; -66.650
Country  Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Arque Province
Cantons 2
Seat Tacopaya
Government
  Mayor Ramon Quispe Mamani (2007)
  President Bacilo Ugarte Medrano (2007)
Area
  Total 218 sq mi (565 km2)
Elevation 13,000 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]

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

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Coordinates: 17°49′00″S 66°39′00″W / 17.8167°S 66.65°W / -17.8167; -66.65

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