Taraco Municipality

Taraco Municipality
Municipality
Location of the municipality within Ingavi province Location of the municipality within Ingavi province
Taraco Municipality Location of the Taraco Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates:
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Ingavi Province
Seat	Taraco
Government
• Mayor	Idelfonso Choque Cortez (2008)
• President	Fidel Tapia Choquehuanca (2008)
Area
• Total	42 sq mi (108 km2)
Elevation	12,800 ft (3,900 m)
Population (2001)
• Total	5,922

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.

Taraco Peninsula (in the middle) in Lake Wiñaymarka (Titicaca)

Division

The municipality is divided into the following cantons:

• Santa Rosa de Taraco - 1,071 inhabitants (2001)
• Taraco - 4,851 inhabitants

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	0.2
Aymara	96.4
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.0
Not indigenous	3.3
Other indigenous groups	0.1

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:

• the archaeological sites on Taraco Peninsula:
  • Chiripa and its museum
  • Kala Uyuni, Pumani and Achacachi Coacollo in Coacollo
  • Iwawi (Kolata Quenacache, Ojje Puku, Awichu and Chojna Qala) in Higuagui Grande
• Sikuya Island in Taraco Canton
• The church of Taraco dating from 1767
• Taraco museum in Taraco Canton

References

• www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Taraco Municipality

External links

• Taraco Municipality: population data and map (Spanish)