16°49′00″S 67°33′00″W / 16.81667°S 67.55000°W / -16.81667; -67.55000 Asiento Araca is a town in Cairoma Municipality, Loayza Province of La Paz Department, Bolivia.

In 1950 it had about 2,700 inhabitants.[1] It was formerly a tin mining center. The polylepis racemosa tree, a vulnerable species, is endemic to this area in Bolivia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer
  2. ↑ E. W. Berry (2013). Contributions To The Paleobotany Of Peru Bolivia And Chile. Read Books Limited. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4474-8873-6.
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