San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality

San Pedro de Tiquina
Municipality
Strait of Tiquina, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
San Pedro de Tiquina Location of the Arani Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°14′0″S 68°52′0″W
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Manco Kapac Province
Seat	San Pedro de Tiquina
Government
• Mayor	Gregorio Argani Quispe
• President	Freddy Poma Peñaranda
Area
• Total	20 sq mi (60 km2)
Elevation	12,630 ft (3,850 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	6,093
• Ethnicities	Aymara
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality is the second municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is San Pedro de Tiquina.

Subdivision

The municipality is divided into five cantons.

Canton	Inhabitants (2001)	Seat
Calata San Martin Canton	1,282	Calata de San Martin
San Pablo de Tiquina Canton	1,474	San Pablo de Tiquina
San Pedro de Tiquina Canton	839	San Pedro de Tiquina
Santiago de Ojje Canton	516	Santiago de Ojje
Villa Amacari Canton	1,982	Villa Amacari

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymaran descent.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	1.1
Aymara	91.6
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.2
Not indigenous	6.9
Other indigenous groups	0.2

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Languages

The languages spoken in the San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

Language	Inhabitants
Quechua	114
Aymara	4,884
Guaraní	3
Another native	8
Spanish	4,440
Foreign	41
Only native	1,409
Native and Spanish	3,518
Only Spanish	924

See also

• Strait of Tiquina

References

• obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

External links

• Population data and map of San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality