• Source: Palca Municipality

Palca or Pallqa (Aymara) 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.




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 ("Valley of the Souls") and its lake (Laguna de las Ánimas) 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




See also


Ch'uxña Quta
Cohoni




References






External links


Palca Municipality: population data and map (PDF; 534 kB)

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• Palca Municipality
• Ch'iyar Qullu (Palca)
• Ch'iyar Qullu (Murillo)
• Wila Quta (La Paz)
• Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
• Jukumarini (Murillo)
• Achachi Qala (Murillo)
• Link'u Link'u
• Municipalities of Bolivia
• Ch'iyar Qullu