Calamarca (in Hispanicized spelling) or Qala Marka
(
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''qala'' stone, ''marka'' village, town, place, land, "place of stone") is the fourth
municipal section of
Aroma Province
Aroma is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department. It is situated in the southern parts of the department. Its seat is Sica Sica (Sika Sika).
Location
Aroma province is located between 16° 43' and 17° 35' South and betwe ...
in the
La Paz Department of
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. It is located on the
Altiplano
The Altiplano (Spanish language, Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechuan languages, Quechua and Aymara language, Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla people, Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extens ...
and its
seat
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Types of seat
The ...
is the town of
Calamarca.
The municipality was created by law on 21 December 1948. At present it is divided into seven
cantons
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, th ...
(''cantones''): Calamarca, Vilaque Copata, Sivicani, Ajoya, Villa Carmen de Caluyo,
San Antonio de Senkata and Cosmini.
Villages
*
Copata
See also
*
Jach'a Quta
*
Urqu Jawira
Notes and references
Sources
Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia
Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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