Machacamarca, Aroma

Machacamarca is a small town in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Nueva Esperanza de Machacamarca Canton, one of the five cantons of the Colquencha Municipality which is the sixth municipal section of the Aroma Province. The town is situated at the railway that leads from La Paz to Oruro. At the time of census 2001 Machacamarca had a population of 1,400.[1]

This article is about the town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Machaqa Marka.
Machacamarca
Machaqa Marka
Town
Machacamarca is located in Bolivia
Machacamarca
Machacamarca
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°53′S 68°12′W
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceAroma Province
MunicipalityColquencha Municipality
CantonNueva Esperanza de Machacamarca Canton
Elevation
12,830 ft (3,910 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,400
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Machacamarca is the hispanicized spelling of Aymara: Machaqa Marka, machaqa = new,[2] marka = village, town:[3] So the name means "new village" or "new town".

The people in the Colquencha Municipality are mainly Aymara (94.6%) and most citizens speak Aymara followed by Spanish.[4]

References
  1. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  2. www.katari.org (Aymara - Spanish) Machaqa: Nuevo.
  3. www.katari.org (Aymara - Spanish) Marka: Pueblo, ciudad.
  4. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

16.8772°S 68.2056°W / -16.8772; -68.2056

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