Tarabuco_Municipality

Tarabuco Municipality

Tarabuco Municipality

Municipality in Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia

Tarabuco Municipality is the first municipal section of the Yamparáez Province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tarabuco. Its population is overwhelmingly indigenous: of 10,530 people 15 or older in the 2001 Census, 9,834 (or 93,40%) self-identified with an indigenous people; 9,779 to the Quechua people, 29 Aymara, 15 to another indigenous people, and 7 as Guaraní.[1] On 6 December 2009, its residents voted in favor of indigenous autonomy for the municipality, with a vote of 90.8%.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Municipio de Tarabuco Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine," Ministerio de Autonomías.
  2. [2]
    "Las autonomías indígenas avanzan a paso lento per seguro, entre consensos e interrogantes" Diálogos en Democracia, 21 March 2010 (Supplement to Pulso Bolivia).

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