Machacamarca, Oruro

This article is about the town in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Machaqa Marka.

Machacamarca Machaqa Marka
Town
Machacamarca Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°10′S 67°1′W
Country	Bolivia
Department	Oruro Department
Province	Pantaléon Dalence Province
Municipality	Machacamarca Municipality
Canton	Machacamarca Canton
Elevation	12,231 ft (3,728 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	2,206
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Machacamarca is a small town in the Pantaléon Dalence Province in the Oruro Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Machacamarca Municipality and of the Machacamarca Canton. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,206.[1] The town is situated south of Oruro near the south-eastern shore of Lake Uru Uru at the road and railway that lead to Poopó.

Machacamarca is the hispanicized spelling of Aymara: Machaqa Marka, machaqa = new,[2] marka = village, town:[3] So the name means "new village" or "new town".

The people in the Machacamarca Municipality are mainly Quechua (80.7%).[4]

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of Machacamarca are the railway museum, the church in the colonial village of Sora Sora, hot springs, chullpas and ruins.[5]

Rail-car in Machacamarca Railway Museum in Bolivia

See also

• Wila Ch'ankha

References

1. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
2. www.katari.org (Aymara - Spanish) Machaqa: Nuevo.
3. www.katari.org (Aymara - Spanish) Marka: Pueblo, ciudad.
4. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
5. Development plan of Machacamarca Municipality, 2006 (Spanish)

External links

• Machacamarca Municipality: population data and map

18.1719°S 67.0197°W / -18.1719; -67.0197