Tiwanaku Municipality
Tiwanaku Municipality is the third municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is the village of Tiwanaku located near the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tiwanaku.
Cantons
The municipality is divided into three cantons. They are :- Huacullani -
- Pillapi San Agustín -
- Tiwanaku -
The people
Ethnic group | % |
Quechua | 0.4 |
Aymara | 96.1 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.1 |
Not indigenous | 3.3 |
Other indigenous groups | 0.0 |
Some data:
Census | 1992 | 2001 |
Inhabitants | 9,477 | 11,309 |
Rural | 9,477 | 11,309 |
Urban | 0 | 0 |
Total fertility rate | 6.8 | 4.7 |
Infant mortality | 77.1 | 72.2 |
Net migration rate | n | -12.6 |
Languages
The languages spoken in the Tiwanaku Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.Language | Inhabitants |
Quechua | 76 |
Aymara | 10,154 |
Guaraní | 4 |
Another native | 41 |
Spanish | 6,899 |
Foreign | 28 |
Only native | 3,913 |
Native and Spanish | 6,261 |
Only Spanish | 640 |
Tourist attractions
Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:- the archaeological site of Tiwanaku in the Tiwanaku Canton
- Saint Peter church in Tiwanaku
- Willkakuti, the Andean-Amazonic New Year, celebrated on June 21 of every year in the viewpoint of Kimsa Chata mountain in the Tiwanaku Canton
- Tiwanaku festivity celebrated in the Tiwanaku Canton in September