| Official Name: | Tarata Municipality |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Tarata Municipality within Bolivia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cochabamba Department |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Esteban Arce Province |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Tarata |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Pedro Hipolito Corrales (2008) |
| Leader Title1: | President |
| Leader Name1: | Benjamin Zurita Meneses (2008) |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 335 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Total: | 8715 |
| Population Density Km2: | 26.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | BOT |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | -17.6833°N -66.05°W |
| Elevation M: | 2600 |
Tarata Municipality (Quechua: T'arata munisipyu) is the first municipal section of the Esteban Arce Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tarata. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 8,715 inhabitants. Along with neighboring municipalities such as Arbieto, Cliza, Tolata, and Punata, much of its population lives abroad, mainly in Argentina, Spain, Italy, and the Washington DC area in the United States.[1]
Tarata Municipality is divided into four cantons.
| Kanton | Inhabitants (2001)[2] | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| 5,983 | Tarata | |
| 822 | Huasa Rancho | |
| 1,134 | Huayculi | |
| 776 | Izata | |
The languages spoken in the Tarata Municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.[3]
| Language | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| Quechua | 7,321 |
| Aymara | 78 |
| Guaraní | 8 |
| Another native | 2 |
| 5,491 | |
| Foreign | 43 |
| Only native | 2,734 |
| Native and Spanish | 4,621 |
| Only Spanish | 871 |