Tiwanaku Municipality is the third 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, Bolivia. Its seat is the village of

Tiwanaku Tiwanaku ( es, Tiahuanaco or ) is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia near Lake Titicaca, about 70 kilometers from La Paz, and it is one of the largest sites in South America. Surface remains currently cover around 4 square kilo ...

located near the

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Cantons

The municipality is divided into three cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses): * Huacullani - ( Huacullani) * Pillapi San Agustín - (Pillapi San Agustín) * Tiwanaku - (

village)

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. Some data:

Languages

The languages spoken in the Tiwanaku Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Tourist attractions

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

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 ''(Señor de la Exaltación)'' celebrated in the Tiwanaku Canton in September

References

www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Tiwanaku Municipality

External links