Machacamarca

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Machacamarca Machaqamarka
—  Town  —
Machacamarca Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°10′S 67°1′W / 18.167°S 67.017°W / -18.167; -67.017
Country	Bolivia
Department	Oruro Department
Province	Pantaléon Dalence Province
Municipality	Machacamarca Municipality
Canton	Machacamarca Canton
Elevation	12,231 ft (3,728 m)
Population (2001)
• Total	2,206
Time zone	BST (UTC-4)

Machacamarca is a small town in the Pantaléon Dalence Province in the Oruro Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Machacamarca Municipality as well as of the Machacamarca Canton. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,206.^[1] The town is situated south of Oruro near the south-eastern shore of Lake Uru Uru at the road and railway that lead to Poopó.

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

The people in the Machacamarca Municipality are mainly Quechua (80.7 %).^[4]

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of Machacamarca are the railway museum, the church in the colonial village of Sora Sora, hot springs, chullpas and ruins.^[5]

Rail-car in Machacamarca Railway Museum in Bolivia

References

External links

• Machacamarca Municipality: population data and map

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Machacamarca railway museum

Coordinates: 18°10′19″S 67°01′11″W / 18.1719°S 67.0197°W / -18.1719; -67.0197

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