Tarabuco Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tarabuco Municipality Tarapuku munisipyu Municipio de Tarabuco
Municipality
Tarabuco Municipality Location in Bolivia
Country	Bolivia
Department	Chuquisaca Department
Province	Yamparáez Province
Incorporated (municipality)	18 November 1912
Seat	Tarabuco
Area
• Total	395 sq mi (1,023 km2)
Elevation	11,500 ft (3,500 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	19,554
• Ethnicities	Yampará (Quechua) Aymara other indigenous Guaraní
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)
INE	010601

Tarabuco Municipality is the first municipal section of the Yamparáez Province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tarabuco. Its population is overwhelmingly indigenous: of 10,530 people 15 or older in the 2001 Census, 9,834 (or 93,40%) self-identified with an indigenous people; 9,779 to the Quechua people, 29 Aymara, 15 to another indigenous people, and 7 as Guaraní. On 6 December 2009, its residents voted in favor of indigenous autonomy for the municipality, with a vote of 90.8%.