Tarvita Municipality
Municipality in Chuquisaca, Bolivia
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Tarvita Municipality is the second municipal section of the Azurduy Province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Tarvita Municipality is the more populous of the two municipalities in Azurduy Province, but it covers a smaller area.
Tarvita | |
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Municipality | |
Location of the Tarvita Municipality within Bolivia | |
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| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Chuquisaca |
| Province | Azurduy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antonio Vidales Quispe (MTS, 2026) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,354 km2 (523 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 16,812 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Quechua |
| 2024 Bolivian census | |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Government
The Mayor of Tarvita is Antonio Vidales Quispe, who was elected in the March 2026 elections.[1]
Tarvita has a municipal council with seven seats, as do all municipalities with populations between 15,001 and 50,000.[2]
| Seat | Type | Name | Party / Political Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Member | Francisco Aramayo Meléndrez | MTS |
| Alternate | Amalia Peñaranda Mendoza | ||
| 2 | Member | Gregoria Rocha Cáceres | LIBRE |
| Alternate | Nicanor Baldivieso Cáceres | ||
| 3 | Member | Vicente Soto Rivera | AGN |
| Alternate | Jhanine Carla Rivera | ||
| 4 | Member | Serafín Ballejos Santos | XS-CH |
| Alternate | Guillermina Oropeza León | ||
| 5 | Member | Margarita Ángelo Medina | MTS |
| Alternate | Antonio Montero Flores | ||
| 6 | Member | Wálter León Zamudio | LIBRE |
| Alternate | Rosalía Flores Vargas | ||
| 7 | Member | Javier Castro Arancibia | PATRIA-UNIDOS |
| Alternate | Sunilda Heredia Rendón | ||
| Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal.[3] | |||
Population
| 1992[4] | 2001 | 2012 | 2024[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12,674 | 16,230 | 14,261 | 16,812 |
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Languages and Indigenous identification
Communities
The following communities are located within the municipality:[9]
- Cruz Mayu
- Pucamayu
- Thacos
- Cuñuri Pampa
- El Salto
- Katari Pampa
- Molleni
- Tarvita
- Kollpa Pampa
- Yerba Buena
- Thaco Pampa
- Sumala
- Guitarrani
- Tranquitas
- La Muralla
- Abra Ckasa
- Capactala
- Inca Pampa
- La Sillada
- Mara Pampa
- Mosoj Llajta
- Pampa Grande
- Pujyini
- Quinua Chacra
- San Isidro de Marcavi
- San Jose de Alisos
- San Luis
- San Miguel de Marcavi
- El Chaco
- Granizos
- Molle Cancha
- Horcani
- San Jose de Troje
- Visanche
- Chunca Kancha
- Pampa Huasi
- Manzanayoj
- Molle Pampa
- Pampas de Leque
- Huachaca
- Torre Pampa
- La Muralla
- San Juan de los Pinos
- Rio Grande
- San Pedro
- Tarea Pampa
- Trigo Loma
- Villa Pampa
- El Bañado
- Cruz Qasa
- Trancas
- Kollpa Pampa
