Tarabuco Municipality

Tarapuku munisipyu

Municipio de Tarabuco
Municipality
Tarabuco Municipality is located in Bolivia
Tarabuco Municipality
Tarabuco Municipality
Location of the Tarabuco Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 19°10′S 64°55′W / 19.167°S 64.917°W / -19.167; -64.917 Coordinates: 19°10′S 64°55′W / 19.167°S 64.917°W / -19.167; -64.917
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
DepartmentChuquisaca Department
ProvinceYamparáez Province
Incorporated (municipality)18 November 1912
SeatTarabuco
Government
 • Mayorelection on April 4, 2010
Area
 • Total395 sq mi (1,023 km2)
Elevation
11,500 ft (3,500 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total19,554
 • Ethnicities
Yampará (Quechua), Aymara, other indigenous, Guaraní
INE010601

Tarabuco Municipality is the first municipal section of the Yamparáez Province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tarabuco. Its population is overwhelmingly indigenous: of 10,530 people 15 or older in the 2001 Census, 9,834 (or 93,40%) self-identified with an indigenous people; 9,779 to the Quechua people, 29 Aymara, 15 to another indigenous people, and 7 as Guaraní. On 6 December 2009, its residents voted in favor of indigenous autonomy for the municipality, with a vote of 90.8%.


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