Taraco Municipality


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
  • Taraco - 4,851 inhabitants

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.
Ethnic group%
Quechua0.2
Aymara96.4
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0.0
Not indigenous3.3
Other indigenous groups0.1

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are: