Tito Yupanqui | |
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Town | |
  Tito Yupanqui Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 16°11′S 68°57′W / 16.183°S 68.950°W | |
| Country | 
Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Manco Kapac Province |
| Municipality | Tito Yupanqui Municipality |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 773 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Tito Yupanqui is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. It was named after an indigenous artist, Francisco Tito Yupanqui, a 16th-century wood sculptor who sculpted a statue of the Mary, mother of Jesus, known as Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Senora de la Virgen de Candelaria).
References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)
16°11′S 68°57′W / 16.183°S 68.950°W
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