Tarata Municipality (Quechua: T'arata munisipyu) is the first municipal section of the Esteban Arce Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tarata. 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.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático (Spanish)

Subdivision Tarata Municipality is divided into four cantons.

Kanton Inhabitants (2001)www.ine.gob.bo 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 and Spanish.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo / Observatorio Bolivia Democrático (Spanish)

Language InhabitantsQuechua7,321Aymara78Guaraní8Another native 2Spanish 5,491Foreign43Only native2,734Native and Spanish4,621Only Spanish871

References

External links Population data and map of Tarata Municipality