Tito Yupanqui, Bolivia

Tito Yupanqui
Town
Tito Yupanqui Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°11′S 68°57′W
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Manco Kapac Province
Municipality	Tito Yupanqui Municipality
Population  (2001)
• Total	773
Time zone	UTC-4 (-4)

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 sculptured a famous statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Senora de la Virgen de Candelaria).

References

• (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)