Villa Tunari Municipality Explained

Official Name:Villa Tunari Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Cochabamba Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Chapare Province
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Villa Tunari
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:President
Established Title:Foundation
Established Title2:Recognized (municipal section)
Established Date2:4 June 1970
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:71,146
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Quechuas
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-16.8333°N -105°W

Villa Tunari Municipality is the third municipal section of the Chapare Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Villa Tunari. The population grew from 52,886 to 71,146 during 2001 to 2012 according to the census. Only 8,692 of the population are urban and are concentrated in the small towns of Villa Tunari (3.213), Eterazama (3,359) and Villa 14 the Septiembre (2,123). The municipality is famous for tourist especially the Villa Tunari town where the tourist industry is concentrated with infrastructure, and also because of the closeness of the Machia Park.

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