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Charagua
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Municipality | |
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 Location of the Charagua Municipality within Bolivia | |
 Charagua Municipality and its local surroundings | |
  Charagua Location of Charagua Municipality within Bolivia | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Santa Cruz |
| Province | Cordillera |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 70,954 km2 (27,395 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Municipality | 38,420 |
| • Density | 0.54/km2 (1.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,654 |
| • Rural | 32,766 |
| • Indigenous ethnicities | Guaraní: 19,770 (51%) Unspecified Indigenous: 1,731 (5%) Quechua: 739 (2%)[2] |
| 2024 Bolivian census | |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Geocode | 070702 (INE code) BO070702 (OCHA P-code) |
| Climate | BSh |
Charagua Iyambae, commonly called Charagua, is an autonomous Bolivian territory situated in Cordillera Province of Santa Cruz Department and in the Chaco region. Its seat is the town of Charagua.
On 8 January 2017, Charagua converted into a self-governing Indigenous territory, replacing its prior administration as Charagua municipality. This conversion also included a change of name to Charagua Iyambae.[3]
With a surface area of 71 745 km², Charagua Iyambae is the largest local territorial entity in Bolivia. It covers around 23% of Santa Cruz Department[4] and 6.5% of Bolivia as a whole.
Charaguas is one of the Bolivian territories that has the greatest number of Guaraní residents, who have launched demands for three territories. It was also the first Bolivian municipality to implement indigenous autonomy.[5]
It is bordered to the north by Chiquitos province, to the south by Paraguay and Boyuibe municipality, to the east by Germán Busch province, and to the west by the municipalities of Cabezas, Gutiérrez, and Camiri.
Further reading
[edit]- García, Alejandra Anzaldo; Galean, Magaly Gutiérrez (2014). "Avances y desafíos de la Autonomía Guaraní Charagua Iyambae" (PDF). T'inkazos. Revista Boliviana de Ciencias Sociales (36). Programa de Investigación Estratégica en Bolivia. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- Morell i Torra, Pere (2015). "La (difícil) construcción de autonomías indígenas en el estado plurinacional de Bolivia. Consideraciones generales y una aproximación al caso de la autonomía guaraní Charagua Iyambae". Revista d'estudis autonòmics i federals (22): 94–135. ISSN 2014-8658. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- Morell i Torra, Pere (2021-12-23). "Los primeros pasos de Charagua Iyambae, la primera autonomía indígena del Estado plurinacional de Bolivia". Revista d'estudis autonòmics i federals (34): 113–144. ISSN 2014-8658. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- Postero, Nancy; Tockman, Jason (2020). "Self-Governance in Bolivia's First Indigenous Autonomy: Charagua". Latin American Research Review. 55 (1): 1–15. doi:10.25222/larr.213. ISSN 0023-8791. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- Szalaba, Kinga (2026). In Pursuit of Vivir Bien: Negotiating Economic and Ecological Governance in the Indigenous Autonomy of Charagua Iyambae, Bolivia (Thesis). Lund, Sweden: Lund University. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2025), Población censada e indicadores demográficos: Tabulados por Municipio/TIOC
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2025), Autoidentificación con alguna nación pueblo indígena originario campesino y afroboliviano: Tabulados por Municipio/TIOC
- ↑ "Nace el primer Autogobierno Indígena de Bolivia". Fuente Directa. 2017-01-04.
- ↑ Fundación Tierra (2010). Reconfigurando territorios reforma agraria, control territorial y gobiernos indígenas en Bolivia. Fundación Tierra. p. 277. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01.
- ↑ "Charagua consolida la primera autonomía indígena de Bolivia". Página Siete. 2017.