Calamarca Municipality
| Calamarca Qala Marka | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 | |
  Calamarca Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 16°54′S 68°7′W / 16.900°S 68.117°W | |
| Country |
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| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Aroma Province |
| Seat | Calamarca |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 14,604 |
Calamarca (in Hispanicized spelling) or Qala Marka[2] (Aymara qala stone, marka village, town, place, land, "place of stone") is the fourth municipal section of Aroma Province in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. It is located on the Altiplano and its seat is the town of Calamarca.[1]
The municipality was created by law on 21 December 1948. At present it is divided into seven cantons (cantones): Calamarca, Vilaque Copata, Sivicani, Ajoya, Villa Carmen de Caluyo, San Antonio de Senkata and Cosmini.[1]
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Notes and references
- 1 2 3 "Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Calamarca" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 February 2016.
- ↑ Morales, Salustiano Ayma (2011). Aymara aru thakhinchawi (PDF) (in Aymara). La Paz, Bolivia: Arcus Industria Gráfica for the Ministry of Education. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2016.
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Coordinates: 16°54′00″S 68°07′00″W / 16.9°S 68.1167°W
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