Machacamarca, Oruro

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Machacamarca is a small town in the

Machacamarca is the hispanicized spelling of Aymara: Machaqa Marka, machaqa = new,^[2] marka = village, town:^[3] So the name means "new village" or "new town".

The people in the Machacamarca Municipality are mainly Quechua (80.7%).^[4]

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of Machacamarca are the railway museum, the church in the colonial village of Sora Sora, hot springs, chullpas and ruins.^[5]

See also

• Wila Ch'ankha

References

External links

• Machacamarca Municipality: population data and map

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