Tarata Municipality

Tarata Municipality
Municipality

San José church in Tarata
Tarata Municipality

Location of the Tarata Municipality within Bolivia

Coordinates: 17°41′0″S 66°3′0″W / 17.68333°S 66.05000°W / -17.68333; -66.05000Coordinates: 17°41′0″S 66°3′0″W / 17.68333°S 66.05000°W / -17.68333; -66.05000
Country Bolivia
Department Cochabamba Department
Province Esteban Arce Province
Seat Tarata
Government
 • Mayor Pedro Hipolito Corrales (2008)
 • President Benjamin Zurita Meneses (2008)
Area
 • Total 129 sq mi (335 km2)
Elevation 8,500 ft (2,600 m)
Population (2001)
 • Total 8,715
 • Density 68/sq mi (26.1/km2)

Tarata Municipality is the first municipal section of the Esteban Arce Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tarata. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 8,715 inhabitants.[1]

Subdivision

Tarata Municipality is divided into four cantons.

Kanton Inhabitants (2001)[2] Seat
Tarata Canton 5,983 Tarata
Huasa Rancho Canton 822 Huasa Rancho
Huayculi Canton 1,134 Huayculi
Izata Canton 776 Izata

Languages

The languages spoken in the Tarata Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.[3]

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 7,321
Aymara 78
Guaraní 8
Another native 2
Spanish 5,491
Foreign 43
Only native 2,734
Native and Spanish 4,621
Only Spanish 871

References

  1. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático (Spanish)
  2. ↑ www.ine.gob.bo
  3. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático (Spanish)
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