San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality is the second municipal section

Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...

of the Manco Kapac Province

Manco Kapac Province

Manco Kapac is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Copacabana.- Subdivision :Manco Kapac Province is divided into three municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- References :* - External links :*...

in the La Paz Department

La Paz Department (Bolivia)

The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2001 census population of 2,350,466 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty Cordillera Real that reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas,...

in Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. Its seat is San Pedro de Tiquina

San Pedro de Tiquina

San Pedro de Tiquina is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia.- References :...

Subdivision

The municipality is divided into five cantons.

Canton	Inhabitants (2001)	Seat
Calata San Martin Canton	1,282	Calata de San Martin
San Pablo de Tiquina Canton	1,474	San Pablo de Tiquina San Pablo de Tiquina San Pablo de Tiquina is a small town in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the San Pablo de Tiquina Canton, one of the five cantons of the San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality, the second municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province....
San Pedro de Tiquina Canton	839	San Pedro de Tiquina San Pedro de Tiquina San Pedro de Tiquina is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia.- References :...
Santiago de Ojje Canton	516	Santiago de Ojje
Villa Amacari Canton	1,982	Villa Amacari

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...

citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua Quechuas Quechuas is the collective term for several indigenous ethnic groups in South America who speak a Quechua language , belonging to several ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves as well as their...	1.1
Aymara	91.6
Guaraní, Chiquitos Chiquitos Chiquitos means "little ones" in Spanish. The Spanish Conquistadores chose this name for the people living in the rain savannas of what is now the eastern parts of the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia, when they found the small doors of the Indian huts in the region.Today, this area is called Gran... , Moxos Moxos people The Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits...	0.2
Not indigenous Indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...	6.9
Other indigenous groups	0.2

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

The languages spoken in the San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality are mainly Aymara

Aymara language

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...

and Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua Quechua languages Quechua is a Native South American language family and dialect cluster spoken primarily in the Andes of South America, derived from an original common ancestor language, Proto-Quechua. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably...	114
Aymara Aymara language Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...	4,884
Guaraní Guaraní language Guaraní, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guaraní , is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupí–Guaraní subfamily of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay , where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and half of...	3
Another native	8
Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...	4,440
Foreign	41
Only native	1,409
Native and Spanish	3,518
Only Spanish	924

External links

Population data and map of San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality

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