Calamarca
| Calamarca Qala Marka | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
 La Fiesta in Calamarca | |
  Calamarca Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 16°54′23″S 68°06′55″W / 16.90639°S 68.11528°WCoordinates: 16°54′23″S 68°06′55″W / 16.90639°S 68.11528°W | |
| Country |
 Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Aroma Province |
| Municipality | Calamarca Municipality |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 943 |
| Time zone | -4 (UTC-4) |
Calamarca (hispanicized spelling) or Qala Marka[1] (Aymara qala stone, marka village, town, place, land, "place of stone") is a town in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of Calamarca Municipality, the fourth municipal section of Aroma Province. It lies on the Altiplano on the east side of the main road between La Paz and Patacamaya, about 60 km south of La Paz.[2]
Calamarca has a late 16th century church with a silver alter worked in a rococo style, and two rococo alter pieces. It also contains colonial paintings.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Morales, Salustiano Ayma (2011). Aymara aru thakhinchawi (PDF) (in Aymara). La Paz, Bolivia: Arcus Industria Gráfica for the Ministry of Education. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Calamarca". Archived from the original on 29 August 2014.
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