Villa Tunari or Tunari is a location in the department of Cochabamba

Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...

, Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. It is the seat of the Villa Tunari Municipality

Villa Tunari Municipality

Villa Tunari Municipality is the third municipal section of the Chapare Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Villa Tunari.- See also :* Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory*Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos Highway...

, the third municipal section

Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...

 of the Chapare Province

Chapare Province

Chapare, also called The Chapare and is pronounced Cha-pa-reh, is a rural province in the northern region of Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. The majority of the territory consists of valley rainforests that surround the area's main waterway, the Chapare River, which is also a tributary of...

. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,510.

Villa Tunari has several parks located nearby including Parque Machía and Carrasco National Park

Carrasco National Park

Carrasco National Park is a national park in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It has a surface area of 6,226 square kilometers. More than 5,000 plant species have been registered in the area, placing the park among Bolivia's most biologically diverse. It is a protected area and people are prohibited...

. Parque Machía is home to one of three wildlife centers maintained by Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi and supported by international volunteers.

See also

• Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi
• Tunari National Park
  Tunari National Park
  Tunari National Park is a national park located in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.- External links :*...
  
  
• Villa Tunari Massacre
  Villa Tunari Massacre
  The Villa Tunari Massacre or Massacre of Villa Tunari was a 27 June 1988 mass killing committed by UMOPAR troops, and according to some accounts United States DEA military trainers, against peasants and cocaleros in the town of Villa Tunari in Chapare Province, Bolivia...
  
  
• Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos Highway
  Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos Highway
  The Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos Highway, also known as the Cochabamba–Beni Highway is a road project in Bolivia connecting the towns of Villa Tunari and San Ignacio de Moxos . It would provide the first direct highway link between the two departments...
  
  
• UMOPAR
  UMOPAR
  The Unidad Móvil Policial para Áreas Rurales , a subsidiary of the Special Antinarcotics Force of the Bolivian National Police was created in 1987 and is a Bolivian anti-narcotics and counterinsurgency force which was founded by, and is funded, advised,...