Official Name: | Taraco Municipality |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Taraco Municipality within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | La Paz Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ingavi Province |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Idelfonso Choque Cortez (2008) |
Leader Title1: | President |
Leader Name1: | Fidel Tapia Choquehuanca (2008) |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 108 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 5922 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -16.45°N -68.8333°W |
Elevation M: | 3900 |
Taraco Municipality is the seventh municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Most of its area is situated on Taraco Peninsula jutting into Lake Wiñaymarka, the southern branch of Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Taraco.
The municipality is divided into the following cantons:[1]
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.[2]
Ethnic group | % |
---|---|
Quechua | 0.2 |
Aymara | 96.4 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.0 |
3.3 | |
Other indigenous groups | 0.1 |
Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:[3]