Palca Municipality

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Palca |other_name = |native_name = Pallqa |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality |motto =  |image_skyline = P8040040 Chojahuaya.JPG |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Chojahuaya, Cohoni Canton, Palca Municipality |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Bolivia |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location of the Palca Municipality within Bolivia  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg|25px]] [[Bolivia]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Bolivia|Department]] |subdivision_name1 = [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Bolivia|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Pedro Domingo Murillo Province]]  |seat_type = Seat |seat = [[Palca, Bolivia|Palca]]  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Cecilio Quispe Gomez (2007) |leader_title1 =President |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Foundation |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 734  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2001 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 14185 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 =[[Aymara people|Aymara]] |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = BOT |utc_offset = -4 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|16|42|0|S|67|50|0|W|region:BO|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m =3800 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Palca''' or '''Pallqa''' ([[Aymara language|Aymara]]) is the first [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipal section]] of the [[Pedro Domingo Murillo Province]] in the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]], [[Bolivia]]. Its seat is [[Palca, Bolivia|Palca]].

== Geography == The [[Cordillera Real (Bolivia)|Cordillera Real]] traverses the municipality. Some of the highest peaks of the municipality are listed below:<ref>Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6043-I Araca, 6044-IV Chojlla, Cohoni 6043-IV, Lambate 6044-II and 6044-III Palca</ref>

{{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * [[Achachi Qala (Murillo)|Achachi Qala]] * [[Ch'iyar Qullu (Murillo)]] * [[Ch'iyar Qullu (Palca)]] * Jalancha * [[Janq'u Qalani (La Paz)|Janq'u Qalani]] * Jisk'a Jalancha * [[Jukumarini (La Paz)|Jukumarini]] * [[Kunturiri (Palca)|Kunturiri]] * [[Layqa Qullu]] * [[Link'u Link'u]] * [[Parqu Quta]] * [[P'iq'iñ Q'ara (La Paz)|P'iq'iñ Q'ara]] * [[Q'asiri (Murillo)|Q'asiri]] * [[Silla Pata]] * [[Tata Ch'iyar Qullu]] * [[Wila Quta (La Paz)|Wila Quta]] * Wichhu Pata * Wichhu Pata Qullu * Wiluma }}

== Population == The people are predominantly [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] citizens of [[Aymara people|Aymara]] descent.<ref name="desc"> obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)</ref>

{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:25%;" border="1" |-bgcolor=#EFEFEF ! '''Ethnic group''' ! '''%''' |- |[[Quechuas|Quechua]] |align="right" |0.6 |- |[[Aymara people|Aymara]] |align="right" |91.6

|- |[[Guarani people|Guaraní]], [[Chiquitos]], [[Moxos people|Moxos]] |align="right" |0.1 |- |Not [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] |align="right" |7.6 |- |Other indigenous groups |align="right" |0.1 |- |}

== Places of interest == Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:<ref>[http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509054006/http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php |date=2011-05-09 }} Tourist guide by the government of the department</ref> * Apacheta viewpoint in Palca Canton which offers a sight of the contrasting landscape and snowcapped [[Illimani]] * ''Valle de los Ánimas'' ("Valley of the Souls") and its lake (''Laguna de las Ánimas'') in Palca Canton * the town of Palca with houses of colonial times, Palca River, Chuaqueri gorge, also known as Palca gorge, and Takesi pre-Columbian trail in Palca Canton * the communities of Quilihuaya and Pinaya in Quilihuaya Canton * the community of Cohoni, its church dating from the 17th century and the [[chullpa]]s of Ch'ullu Cahinbaya in Cohoni Canton

== See also == * [[Ch'uxña Quta (Murillo)|Ch'uxña Quta]] * [[Cohoni]]

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113647/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020102&tipo=1 Palca Municipality: population data and map] (PDF; 534 kB)

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