Official Name: | San Pedro de Tiquina |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | La Paz Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Manco Kapac Province |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | San Pedro de Tiquina |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gregorio Argani Quispe |
Leader Title1: | President |
Leader Name1: | Freddy Poma Peñaranda |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 60 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 6093 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank1: | Aymara |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -16.2333°N -68.8667°W |
Elevation M: | 3850 |
San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality is the second municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is San Pedro de Tiquina.
The municipality is divided into five cantons.
Canton | Inhabitants (2001)[1] | Seat |
---|---|---|
1,282 | Calata de San Martin | |
1,474 | San Pablo de Tiquina | |
839 | San Pedro de Tiquina | |
516 | Santiago de Ojje | |
1,982 | Villa Amacari | |
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.
Ethnic group | % |
---|---|
Quechua | 1.1 |
Aymara | 91.6 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.2 |
6.9 | |
Other indigenous groups | 0.2 |
The languages spoken in the San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.
Language | Inhabitants |
---|---|
Quechua | 114 |
Aymara | 4,884 |
Guaraní | 3 |
Another native | 8 |
4,440 | |
Foreign | 41 |
Only native | 1,409 |
Native and Spanish | 3,518 |
Only Spanish | 924 |