# Tarata Municipality

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**Tarata Municipality** ([Quechua](/source/Quechuan_languages): T'arata munisipyu) is the first [municipal section](/source/Municipalities_of_Bolivia) of the [Esteban Arce Province](/source/Esteban_Arce_Province) in the [Cochabamba Department](/source/Cochabamba_Department), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia). Its capital is [Tarata](/source/Tarata,_Cochabamba). At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 8,715 inhabitants. Along with neighboring municipalities such as Arbieto, Cliza, Tolata, and Punata, much of its population lives abroad, mainly in Argentina, Spain, Italy, and the Washington DC area in the United States.[1]

## Subdivision

Tarata Municipality is divided into four cantons.

Kanton Inhabitants (2001)[2] Seat Tarata Canton 5,983 Tarata Huasa Rancho Canton 822 Huasa Rancho Huayculi Canton 1,134 Huayculi Izata Canton 776 Izata

## Languages

The languages spoken in the Tarata Municipality are mainly [Quechua](/source/Quechua_languages) and [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language).[3]

Language Inhabitants Quechua 7,321 Aymara 78 Guaraní 8 Another native 2 Spanish 5,491 Foreign 43 Only native 2,734 Native and Spanish 4,621 Only Spanish 871

## References

1. [obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático](http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090218081859/http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/) 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)

1. [www.ine.gob.bo](http://www.ine.gob.bo)

1. [obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático](http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090218081859/http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/) 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)

## External links

- [Population data and map of Tarata Municipality](http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=030401&tipo=1)

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