Machacamarca, Oruro Explained

Official Name:Machacamarca
Native Name:Machaqa Marka
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Oruro Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Pantaléon Dalence Province
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Machacamarca Municipality
Subdivision Type4:Canton
Subdivision Name4:Machacamarca Canton
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:2206
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-18.1667°N -68°W
Elevation M:3728

Machacamarca is a small town in the Pantaléon Dalence Province in the Oruro Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Machacamarca Municipality and of the Machacamarca Canton. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,206.[1] The town is situated south of Oruro near the south-eastern shore of Lake Uru Uru at the road and railway that lead to Poopó.

Machacamarca is the hispanicized spelling of Aymara: '''Machaqa Marka''', machaqa = new,[2] marka = village, town:[3] So the name means "new village" or "new town".

The people in the Machacamarca Municipality are mainly Quechua (80.7%).[4]

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of Machacamarca are the railway museum, the church in the colonial village of Sora Sora, hot springs, chullpas and ruins.[5]

See also

External links

-18.1719°N -67.0197°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ine.gob.bo National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia
  2. http://www.katari.org/diccionario/diccionario.php?listletter=aymara&display=12 www.katari.org
  3. http://www.katari.org/diccionario/diccionario.php?listletter=aymara&display=12 www.katari.org
  4. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
  5. http://www.apemin.eu/PDM/machacamarca.pdf Development plan of Machacamarca Municipality