Tarapaya is one of the

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 ...

of the

Potosí Municipality Potosí Municipality is the capital municipality of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Potosí which is the capital of the department as well. Geography The Potosí mountain range traverses the municip ...

, the capital municipality of the

Tomás Frías Province Tomás Frías is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Potosí which is also the capital of the department. The province is named after the former president Tomás Frías Ametller. Location Tomás ...

in the Potosí Department of

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. During the census of 2001 it had 1,042 inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Bolivia
(Spanish) Its seat is Tarapaya with a population of 11 in 2001. It is situated east of

Tarapaya River Tarapaya River, originally also called Qayara, is a Bolivian river in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province.Potosí Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal . For centuries, it was the location o ...

the thermal springs called "Ojo del Inca" (Eye of the Inca) in Tarapaya are often visited by tourists. Ojo del Inca, Tarapaya, Bolivia

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Potosí Municipality: population data and map
(PDF; 722 kB) (Spanish) Cantons of Potosí Department Cantons of Bolivia {{Potosí-geo-stub

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