Tarvita Municipality is the second municipal section of the Azurduy Province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Tarvita Municipality is the more populous of the two municipalities in Azurduy Province, but it covers a smaller area.
Government The Mayor of Tarvita is Antonio Vidales Quispe, who was elected in the March 2026 elections.
Tarvita has a municipal council with seven seats, as do all municipalities with populations between 15,001 and 50,000.
Seat Type Name Party / Political Organization 1 Member Francisco Aramayo Meléndrez MTS Alternate Amalia Peñaranda Mendoza 2 Member Gregoria Rocha Cáceres LIBRE Alternate Nicanor Baldivieso Cáceres 3 Member Vicente Soto Rivera AGN Alternate Jhanine Carla Rivera 4 Member Serafín Ballejos Santos XS-CH Alternate Guillermina Oropeza León 5 Member Margarita Ángelo Medina MTS Alternate Antonio Montero Flores 6 Member Wálter León Zamudio LIBRE Alternate Rosalía Flores Vargas 7 Member Javier Castro Arancibia PATRIA-UNIDOS Alternate Sunilda Heredia RendónSource: Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
Population + Population in Recent Censuses1992 2001 2012 2024 12,674 16,230 14,261 16,812
Languages and Indigenous identification + Ethnic identification (2024) Group Population % Quechua 12,363 73.5% Unspecified Indigenous 275 1.6% Campesino 200 1.2%Source: 2024 Bolivian Census
+ Languages spoken Language 2024 speakers 2024% 2012 speakers 2012% Quechua 13,198 78.5% 11,071 77.6% Spanish 11,037 65.6% 7,073 49.6%Source: 2024 Bolivian Census
Communities The following communities are located within the municipality:
Cruz Mayu Pucamayu Thacos Cuñuri Pampa El Salto Katari Pampa Molleni Tarvita Kollpa Pampa Yerba Buena Thaco Pampa Sumala Guitarrani Tranquitas La Muralla Abra Ckasa Capactala Inca Pampa La Sillada Mara Pampa Mosoj Llajta Pampa Grande Pujyini Quinua Chacra San Isidro de Marcavi San Jose de Alisos San Luis San Miguel de Marcavi El Chaco Granizos Molle Cancha Horcani San Jose de Troje Visanche Chunca Kancha Pampa Huasi Manzanayoj Molle Pampa Pampas de Leque Huachaca Torre Pampa La Muralla San Juan de los Pinos Rio Grande San Pedro Tarea Pampa Trigo Loma Villa Pampa El Bañado Cruz Qasa Trancas Kollpa Pampa
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