Tito Yupanqui, Bolivia
Tito Yupanqui | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 16°11′S 68°57′W / 16.183°S 68.950°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | La Paz Department |
Province | Manco Kapac Province |
Municipality | Tito Yupanqui Municipality |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 773 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Tito Yupanqui is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. It was named after an indigenous artist, Francisco Tito Yupanqui, a 16th-century wood sculptor who sculpted a statue of the Mary, mother of Jesus, known as Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Senora de la Virgen de Candelaria).
References[edit]
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)