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Santiago de Macha

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Santiago de Macha or Macha is a Bolivian locality in the department of Potosí, Chayanta Province, Colquechaca Municipality, Macha Canton. Macha had a population of 1,850 in 2001 and the canton was inhabited by 8,769 people.^[1] Most of the young adults works abroad, and the marketplace of the village opens only on Sunday. The main economic activity of Macha is subsistence agriculture.^[2]

Every 3 May, Santiago de Macha hosts the religious festival of Tinku, an aymará ritual consisting in a fist fighting challenge between two rival groups.^[3]

Rebel leader Túpac Katari was born in Macha in 1750.^[2] Between October and November 1813 the town was the headquarters of the Army of the North, commanded by General Manuel Belgrano during the war of independence against the Spanish rule.^[4]

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1. ^ine.gob.bo
2. ^¹La Nación newspaper, 16 June 2002 (cited on this website) {{es}}
3. ^Tinku, the ritualistic combat {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119045056/http://www.tinku.org/content/view/2037/94/ |date=2009-11-19 }}
4. ^Mitre, Bartolomé: Historia de Belgrano. Imprenta de Mayo, Buenos Aires, 1859. V. II., page 226 {{es}}

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Colquechaca Municipality: population data and map

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1 : Populated places in Potosí Department

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