San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality is the second
municipal section of the
Manco Kapac Province
Manco Kapac is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Copacabana.
Subdivision
Manco Kapac Province is divided into three municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.
Places of interest
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in the
La Paz Department in
Bolivia
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. Its seat is
San Pedro de Tiquina
San Pedro de Tiquina is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia.
It is also home to Bolivian Navy
The Bolivian Navy ( es, Armada Boliviana) is a branch of the Armed Forces of Bolivia. As of 2008, the Bolivian Navy had approximately 5,000 p ...
.
Subdivision
The municipality is divided into five cantons.
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
Aymaran
Aymaran (also Jaqi or Aru) is one of the two dominant language families in the central Andes alongside Quechua languages, Quechuan. The family consists of Aymara language, Aymara, widely spoken in Bolivia, and the endangered Jaqaru language, Jaqa ...
descent.
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
Languages
The languages spoken in the San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality are mainly
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 ...
and
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
.
See also
*
Strait of Tiquina
References
obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
External links
Population data and map of San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality
Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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