Palca Municipality

Palca Pallqa
Municipality
Chojahuaya, Cohoni Canton, Palca Municipality
Palca Location of the Palca Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°42′0″S 67°50′0″W / 16.70000°S 67.83333°WCoordinates: 16°42′0″S 67°50′0″W / 16.70000°S 67.83333°W
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
Seat	Palca
Government
• Mayor	Cecilio Quispe Gomez (2007)
Area
• Total	283 sq mi (734 km^2)
Elevation	12,500 ft (3,800 m)
Population (2001)
• Total	14,185
• Ethnicities	Aymara

Palca or Pallqa (Aymara) is the first municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Palca.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the municipality. Some of the highest peaks of the municipality are listed below:^[1]

• Achachi Qala
• Ch'iyar Qullu (Murillo)
• Ch'iyar Qullu (Palca)
• Jalancha
• Janq'u Qalani
• Jisk'a Jalancha
• Jukumarini
• Kunturiri
• Layqa Qullu
• Link'u Link'u
• Parqu Quta
• P'iq'iñ Q'ara
• Q'asiri
• Silla Pata
• Tata Ch'iyar Qullu
• Wila Quta
• Wichhu Pata
• Wichhu Pata Qullu
• Wiluma

Population

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.^[2]

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	0.6
Aymara	91.6
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.1
Not indigenous	7.6
Other indigenous groups	0.1

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:^[3]

• Apacheta viewpoint in Palca Canton which offers a sight of the contrasting landscape and snowcapped Illimani
• Valle de los Ánimas ("Valley of the Souls") and its lake (Laguna de las Ánimas) in Palca Canton
• the town of Palca with houses of colonial times, Palca River, Chuaqueri gorge, also known as Palca gorge, and Takesi pre-Columbian trail in Palca Canton
• the communities of Quilihuaya and Pinaya in Quilihuaya Canton
• the community of Cohoni, its church dating from the 17th century and the chullpas of Ch'ullu Cahinbaya in Cohoni Canton

See also

• Ch'uxña Quta

References

1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 6043-I Araca, 6044-IV Chojlla, Cohoni 6043-IV, Lambate 6044-II and 6044-III Palca
2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
3. www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo Tourist guide by the government of the department

• www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Palca Municipality

External links

• Palca Municipality: population data and map (PDF; 534 kB)