San Andrés de Machaca Municipality

San Andrés de Machaca Municipality
Municipality
Location of the municipality within Ingavi province
San Andrés de Machaca Municipality Location of the San Andrés de Machaca Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°54′0″S 69°3′0″W
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Ingavi Province
Seat	San Andrés de Machaca
Government
• Mayor	Erasmo Ticona Quenta (2008)
• President	Filomena Sarzuri Cruz (2008)
Area
• Total	580 sq mi (1,502 km^2)
Population  (2001)
• Total	6,299
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

San Andrés de Machaca Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is San Andrés de Machaca.

Division

The municipality consists of the following 9 cantons:[1]

• Chuncarcota de Machaca - 400 inhabitants (2001)
• Conchacollo de Machaca - 915 inhabitants
• Laquinamaya - 1.089 inhabitants
• Mauri - 616 inhabitants
• Nazacara - 494 inhabitants
• San Andrés de Machaca - 1.344 inhabitants
• Sombra Pata - 262 inhabitants
• Villa Artasivi de Machaca - 873 inhabitants
• Villa Pusuma Alto de Machaca - 317 inhabitants

Further information: Corpa, La Paz

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.[2]

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	0.3
Aymara	96.0
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.1
Not indigenous	3.3
Other indigenous groups	0.4

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:[3]

• Afiani lagoon in San Andrés de Machaca Canton
• The chullpa of Kañoma in San Andrés de Machaca Canton
• The church of San Andrés de Machaca, built between 1806 and 1836

See also

• Qullpa Jawira
• Thujsa Jawira
• Utani Apu

References

1. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia
2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
3. www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Archived 2011-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Tourist guide by the government of the department

External links

• San Andrés de Machaca Municipality: population data and map (Spanish)