Palca Municipality
Palca or Pallqa 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:Population
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.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:- Apacheta viewpoint in Palca Canton which offers a sight of the contrasting landscape and snowcapped Illimani
- Valle de los Ánimas and its lake 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