Tacachi Municipality is the fourth municipal section of the Punata Province in the Cochabamba Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Tacachi.
Tacachi Municipality | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Mount K'ili K'ili in Tacachi Municipality seen from Arani as "sleeping elephant" | |
  Tacachi Municipality Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 17°38′S 65°47′W / 17.633°S 65.783°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Cochabamba Department |
| Province | Punata Province |
| Seat | Tacachi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jhonny Ireneo Alvarez Terrazas (2007) |
| • President | Julieta Zurita Claure |
| Elevation | 10,000 ft (3,000 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 1,076 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Cantons edit
The municipality consists of only one canton, Tacachi Canton. It is identical to the municipality.
Languages edit
The languages spoken in the Tacachi Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.[1]
| Language | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| Quechua | 953 |
| Aymara | 4 |
| Guaraní | 1 |
| Another native | 0 |
| Spanish | 674 |
| Foreign | 3 |
| Only native | 350 |
| Native and Spanish | 603 |
| Only Spanish | 71 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)