Tiwanaku Municipality
# Tiwanaku Municipality

Tiwanaku Municipality is the third municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is the village of Tiwanaku located near the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tiwanaku.

## Cantons

The municipality is divided into three cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):

* Huacullani - (Huacullani)
* Pillapi San Agustín - (Pillapi San Agustín)
* Tiwanaku - (Tiwanaku village)

## The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.

| Ethnic group | % |
| - | - |
| Quechua | 0.4 |
| Aymara | 96.1 |
| Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.1 |
| Not indigenous | 3.3 |
| Other indigenous groups | 0.0 |

Some data:

| Census | 1992 | 2001 |
| - | - | - |
| Inhabitants | 9,477 | 11,309 |
| Rural | 9,477 | 11,309 |
| Urban | 0 | 0 |
| Total fertility rate | 6.8 | 4.7 |
| Infant mortality | 77.1 | 72.2 |
| Net migration rate | n | -12.6 |

## Languages

The languages spoken in the Tiwanaku Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.

| Language | Inhabitants |
| - | - |
| Quechua | 76 |
| Aymara | 10,154 |
| Guaraní | 4 |
| Another native | 41 |
| Spanish | 6,899 |
| Foreign | 28 |
| Only native | 3,913 |
| Native and Spanish | 6,261 |
| Only Spanish | 640 |

## Tourist attractions

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:

* the archaeological site of Tiwanaku in the Tiwanaku Canton
* Saint Peter church in Tiwanaku
* Willkakuti, the Andean-Amazonic New Year, celebrated on June 21 of every year in the viewpoint of Kimsa Chata mountain in the Tiwanaku Canton
* Tiwanaku festivity (Señor de la Exaltación) celebrated in the Tiwanaku Canton in September
