Taraco Municipality

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Country Bolivia Seat Taraco Area 108 km² Province Ingavi Province		Department La Paz Department Elevation 3,900 m Population 5,922 (2001)

Taraco Municipality is the seventh municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Most of its area is situated on Taraco Peninsula jutting into Lake Wiñaymarka, the southern branch of Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Taraco.

Division

The municipality is divided into the following cantons:

Santa Rosa de Taraco - 1,071 inhabitants (2001)

Taraco - 4,851 inhabitants

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:

the archaeological sites on Taraco Peninsula:

Chiripa and its museum

Kala Uyuni, Pumani and Achacachi Coacollo in Coacollo

Iwawi (Kolata Quenacache, Ojje Puku, Awichu and Chojna Qala) in Higuagui Grande

Sikuya Island in Taraco Canton

The church of Taraco dating from 1767

Taraco museum in Taraco Canton

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