XIV

Tarabuco Municipality Tarapuku munisipyu Municipio de 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
Country	Bolivia
Department	Chuquisaca Department
Province	Yamparáez Province
Incorporated (municipality)	18 November 1912
Seat	Tarabuco
Government
• Mayor	election on April 4, 2010
Area
• Total	395 sq mi (1,023 km)
Elevation	11,500 ft (3,500 m)
Population
• Total	19,554
• Ethnicities	Yampará (Quechua) Aymara other indigenous Guaraní
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)
INE	010601

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%.

References※