Tarata Municipality

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. 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]

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
Country Bolivia
DepartmentCochabamba Department
ProvinceEsteban Arce Province
SeatTarata
Government
 • MayorPedro Hipolito Corrales (2008)
 • PresidentBenjamin Zurita Meneses (2008)
Area
 • Total129 sq mi (335 km2)
Elevation
8,500 ft (2,600 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total8,715
 • Density68/sq mi (26.1/km2)

Subdivision

Tarata Municipality is divided into four cantons.

Kanton Inhabitants (2001)[2] Seat
Tarata Canton5,983Tarata
Huasa Rancho Canton822Huasa Rancho
Huayculi Canton1,134Huayculi
Izata Canton776Izata

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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