Calamarca Municipality Explained

Official Name:Calamarca
Native Name:Qala Marka
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:La Paz Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Aroma Province
Seat Type:Seat
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:President
Established Title:Foundation
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:14604
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-16.9°N -75°W

Calamarca (in Hispanicized spelling) or Qala Marka[1] (Aymara qala stone, marka village, town, place, land, "place of stone") is the fourth municipal section of Aroma Province in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. It is located on the Altiplano and its seat is the town of Calamarca.[2]

The municipality was created by law on 21 December 1948. At present it is divided into seven cantons (cantones): Calamarca, Vilaque Copata, Sivicani, Ajoya, Villa Carmen de Caluyo, San Antonio de Senkata and Cosmini.

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Notes and references

  1. Book: Morales, Salustiano Ayma . 2011 . Aymara aru thakhinchawi . ay . La Paz, Bolivia . Arcus Industria Gráfica for the Ministry of Education . 25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160226164804/http://upiip.minedu.gob.bo/paginas/modulos_sistema/gestor_biblioteca/material/73/Aymara-Euphemia.pdf# . 2016-02-26 . dead . 2016-02-26 .
  2. Web site: Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Calamarca. es . https://web.archive.org/web/20160226180008/http://kalamarca.blogspot.com/2013/09/donde-esta-calamarca-de-bolivia.html . 26 February 2016 . live.

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