Tarata Municipality


Tarata Municipality 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.

Subdivision

Tarata Municipality is divided into four cantons.
KantonInhabitants Seat
Tarata Canton5,983Tarata
Huasa [Rancho Canton]822Huasa Rancho
Huayculi Canton1,134Huayculi
Izata Canton776Izata

Languages

The languages spoken in the Tarata Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.
LanguageInhabitants
Quechua7,321
Aymara78
Guaraní8
Another native2
Spanish5,491
Foreign43
Only native2,734
Native and Spanish4,621
Only Spanish871