Tarabuco Municipality Explained

Official Name:Tarabuco Municipality
Other Name:Municipio de Tarabuco
Native Name:Tarapuku munisipyu
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the Tarabuco Municipality within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Chuquisaca Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Yamparáez Province
Seat Type:Seat
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:election on April 4, 2010
Leader Title1:President
Established Title:Foundation
Established Title2:Incorporated (municipality)
Established Date2:18 November 1912
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:1023
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:19,554
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Yampará (Quechua), Aymara, other indigenous, Guaraní
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-19.1667°N -119°W
Elevation M:3500
Blank Name:INE
Blank Info:010601

Tarabuco Municipality is the first municipal section of the Yamparáez Province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tarabuco. Its population is overwhelmingly indigenous: of 10,530 people 15 or older in the 2001 Census, 9,834 (or 93,40%) self-identified with an indigenous people; 9,779 to the Quechua people, 29 Aymara, 15 to another indigenous people, and 7 as Guaraní.[1] On 6 December 2009, its residents voted in favor of indigenous autonomy for the municipality, with a vote of 90.8%.[2]

Notes and References

  1. "Municipio de Tarabuco," Ministerio de Autonomías.
  2. "Las autonomías indígenas avanzan a paso lento per seguro, entre consensos e interrogantes" Diálogos en Democracia, 21 March 2010 (Supplement to Pulso Bolivia).