Official Name: | Tahua Municipality |
Native Name: | Tawa |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Potosí Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Daniel Campos Province |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | Tahua |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 3272 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 2166 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank1: | Aymara |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -20.3°N -91°W |
Elevation M: | 3700 |
Tahua Municipality is the second municipal section of the Daniel Campos Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Tahua.
Tahua Municipality lies in the Altiplano at the Uyuni salt flat.
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[1]
The municipality consists of the following cantons:
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.[2]
Ethnic group | % |
---|---|
Quechua | 6.0 |
Aymara | 90.5 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.1 |
3.3 | |
Other indigenous groups | 0.0 |