Tiwanaku Municipality
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The municipality is divided into three cantons. They are (their seats in parentheses):
- Huacullani - (Huacullani)
- Pillapi San Agustín - (Pillapi San Agustín)
- Tiwanaku - (Tiwanaku village)
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The people
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent.
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Languages
The languages spoken in the Tiwanaku Municipality are mainly Aymara and Spanish.
Tourist attractions
Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:
- the archaeological site of Tiwanaku in the Tiwanaku Canton
- Saint Peter church in Tiwanaku
- Willkakuti, the Andean-Amazonic New Year, celebrated on June 21 of every year in the viewpoint of Kimsa Chata mountain in the Tiwanaku Canton
- Tiwanaku festivity (Señor de la Exaltación) celebrated in the Tiwanaku Canton in September