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Calamarca
Qala Marka
Town
La Fiesta in Calamarca
La Fiesta in Calamarca
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceAroma Province
MunicipalityCalamarca Municipality
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
943
Time zoneUTC-4 (-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

  1. ^ Morales, Salustiano Ayma (2011). Aymara aru thakhinchawi (PDF) (in Aymara). La Paz, Bolivia: Arcus Industria Gráfica for the Ministry of Education. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2016. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Calamarca". Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)