Tarata Municipality

Tarata Municipality
Municipality
San José church in Tarata
San José church in Tarata
Tarata Municipality is located in Bolivia
Tarata Municipality
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; -66.05000
Country Bolivia
DepartmentCochabamba Department
ProvinceEsteban Arce Province
SeatTarata
Government
 • MayorPedro Hipolito Corrales (2008)
 • PresidentBenjamin Zurita Meneses (2008)
Area
 • Total
129 sq mi (335 km2)
Elevation
8,500 ft (2,600 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
8,715
 • Density68/sq mi (26.1/km2)
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Tarata Municipality (Quechua: T'arata munisipyu) 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. Along with neighboring municipalities such as Arbieto, Cliza, Tolata, and Punata, much of its population lives abroad, mainly in Argentina, Spain, Italy, and the Washington DC area in the United States.[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 Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  2. ^ www.ine.gob.bo
  3. ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)


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