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Taraco

Coordinates: 16°27′00″S 68°52′00″W / 16.45°S 68.8667°W / -16.45; -68.8667
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Taraco Peninsula in Lake Wiñaymarka, Lake Titicaca

Taraco is a peninsula jutting into Lake Wiñaymarka,[1] the southern branch of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Tiwanaku Municipality, Taraco Canton. There is also a town of the same name on the peninsula.

As with many place names in the Titicaca Basin, a corresponding Taraco District also exists on the Peruvian, northern side of the lake in the Huancané Province in Puno.

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  1. ^ "www.geonames.org / Satellite map". Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
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16°27′00″S 68°52′00″W / 16.45°S 68.8667°W / -16.45; -68.8667