Jesús de Machaca Municipality is the sixth
municipal section of the
Ingavi Province
Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. This is where the Battle of Ingavi occurred on November 18, 1841 and where the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku is situated.
During the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón the province was f ...
in the
La Paz Department in
Bolivia. It was created by Law No. 2351 on May 7, 2002, during the presidency of
Jorge Quiroga Ramírez
Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez (born 5 May 1960), often referred to as Tuto, is a Bolivian industrial engineer and politician who served as the 62nd president of Bolivia from 2001 to 2002. A former member of Nationalist Democratic Action, h ...
. Its seat is
Jesús de Machaca.
Geography
Jesús de Machaca lies south of
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, i ...
. The
Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range traverses the municipality. Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:
Division
The municipality consists of the following ten
cantons
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...
:
* Aguallamaya - 1,694 inhabitants (''2001'')
* Chama - 1,278 inhabitants
* Cuipa España de Machaca - 662 inhabitants
* Jesús de Machaca - 862 inhabitants
* Kalla Tupac Katari - 2,669 inhabitants
* Khonkho San Salvador - 755 inhabitants
* Mejillones de Machaca - 845 inhabitants
* Santa Ana de Machaca - 363 inhabitants
* Santo Domingo de Machaca - 588 inhabitants
* Villa Asunción de Machaca - 3,244 inhabitants
The people
The people are predominantly
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
descent.
Places of interest
Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:
www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo
Tourist guide by the government of the department
* The archaeological site of Qhunqhu Wankani in Jesús de Machaca Canton
* Jesús de Machaca, an indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
community
* Yakayuni saltflats in Jesús de Machaca Canton where salt exploitation is possible
* Uru Iruito community in Jesús de Machaca Canton and the Urus Iruito museum in Jesús de Machaca
See also
* Awallamaya Lake
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Awallamaya (Aymara ''awalla'' the first one of two newborn girls, ''maya'' one, ''amaya'' merlon / dead boy / beloved or very dear son or daughter / lazy / dead / skinny or weak person,Ludovico Bertonio, Transcripción del vocabulario de ...
* Jach'a Jawira
References
www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Jesús de Machaca Municipality
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External links
Jesús de Machaca Municipality: population data and map
(Spanish)
Website of Jesús de Machaca Municipality
(CEBEM - Centro Boliviano de Estudios Multidisciplinarios)
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Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)