San Andrés de Machaca Municipality is the fifth
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.
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in the
La Paz Department,
Bolivia
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. Its seat is
San Andrés de Machaca.
Division
The municipality consists of the following 9
cantons
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:
* 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
The people
The people are predominantly
indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
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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
* Afiani lagoon in San Andrés de Machaca Canton
* The chullpa
A ''chullpa'' is an ancient Aymara funerary tower originally constructed for a noble person or noble family. ''Chullpas'' are found across the Altiplano in Peru and Bolivia. The tallest are about high.
The tombs at Sillustani are most famou ...
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
External links
San Andrés de Machaca Municipality: population data and map
(Spanish)
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Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)