Tiwanaku Municipality

Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia
16°35′0″S 68°40′0″W / 16.58333°S 68.66667°W / -16.58333; -68.66667Country BoliviaDepartmentLa Paz DepartmentProvinceIngavi ProvinceFoundationNovember 22, 1947SeatTiwanaku (village)Government
 • MayorEulogia Quispe Cabrera (2008) • PresidentLaureano Coronel Quispe (2008)Area
 • Total134 sq mi (347 km2)Elevation
12,800 ft (3,900 m)Population
 (2001)
 • Total11,309Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Tiwanaku Municipality is the third municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is the village of Tiwanaku located near the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tiwanaku.

Cantons

The municipality is divided into three cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):

  • Huacullani - (Huacullani)
  • Pillapi San Agustín - (Pillapi San Agustín)
  • Tiwanaku - (Tiwanaku village)

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.[1]

Ethnic group %
Quechua 0.4
Aymara 96.1
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.1
Not indigenous 3.3
Other indigenous groups 0.0

Some data:

Census 1992 2001
Inhabitants 9,477 11,309
Rural 9,477 11,309
Urban 0 0
Total fertility rate 6.8 4.7
Infant mortality 77.1 72.2
Net migration rate n -12.6

Languages

The languages spoken in the Tiwanaku Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 76
Aymara 10,154
Guaraní 4
Another native 41
Spanish 6,899
Foreign 28
Only native 3,913
Native and Spanish 6,261
Only Spanish 640

Tourist attractions

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:[2]

  • the archaeological site of Tiwanaku in the Tiwanaku Canton
  • Saint Peter church in Tiwanaku
  • Willkakuti, the Andean-Amazonic New Year, celebrated on June 21 of every year in the viewpoint of Kimsa Chata mountain in the Tiwanaku Canton
  • Tiwanaku festivity (Señor de la Exaltación) celebrated in the Tiwanaku Canton in September

See also

References

  1. ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
  2. ^ www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Tourist guide by the government of the department
  • www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Tiwanaku Municipality

External links

  • Tiwanaku Municipality: population data and map (Spanish)
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