Charagua
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Charagua, also referred to as Charagua Iyambae, is a town in the southern part of Bolivia where the majority of inhabitants are Guarani people. In 2015, Charagua became the first Bolivian municipality to have autonomous self-governance by the indigenous population. It is the principal village of the Cordillera province. Most inhabitants speak Guaraní.
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- Locality
- Municipio Charagua
- Region
- Santa Cruz
- Country
- Bolivia
- Population
- 3,025
- Timezone
- America/La_Paz
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- Charagua
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- Bolivia
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- Country
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- Department
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- Santa Cruz Department
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- Province
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- Cordillera
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- BOT
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- -4
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Charagua, also referred to as Charagua Iyambae, is a town in the southern part of Bolivia where the majority of inhabitants are Guarani people. In 2015, Charagua became the first Bolivian municipality to have autonomous self-governance by the indigenous population. It is the principal village of the Cordillera province. Most inhabitants speak Guaraní.
== History == The city was briefly occupied by the Paraguayan Army in April 1935, during the last stages of the Chaco War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charagua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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