Yocalla Municipality

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Yocalla Municipality
Municipality
Cordillera de los Frailes, looking west. Pari Chata (Yocalla Municipality) is on the right in the background, left of it is the Pillku Mayu valley.
Location within Potosí Department
Yocalla Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 19°23′S 65°55′W / 19.383°S 65.917°W / -19.383; -65.917Coordinates: 19°23′S 65°55′W / 19.383°S 65.917°W / -19.383; -65.917
Country  Bolivia
Department Potosí Department
Province Tomás Frías Province
Seat Yocalla
Population (2001)
 • Total 8,046
 • Ethnicities Quechua
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

Yocalla Municipality is the second municipal section of the Tomás Frías Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Yocalla.

Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:

  • Salinas de Yocalla
  • Santa Lucia
  • Yocalla

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.[1]

Ethnic group %
Quechua 93.8
Aymara 0.4
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.1
Not indigenous 5.7
Other indigenous groups 0.1

See also

References

  1. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

External links

Capital: Potosí
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