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
editThe municipality consists of only one canton, Tacachi Canton. It is identical to the municipality.
Languages
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)