Atocha Municipality

Atocha Municipality
Municipality

Atocha

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Location within Potosí Department
Atocha Municipality

Location within Bolivia

Coordinates: 21°6′S 66°2′W / 21.100°S 66.033°W / -21.100; -66.033Coordinates: 21°6′S 66°2′W / 21.100°S 66.033°W / -21.100; -66.033
Country  Bolivia
Department Potosí Department
Province Sud Chichas Province
Foundation September 21, 1963
Seat Atocha
Government
 • Mayor Braulio Flores
Population (2001)
 • Total 9,536
 • Ethnicities Quechua
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

Atocha Municipality is the second municipal section of the Sud Chichas Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Atocha.

Subdivision

Atocha Municipality was created on September 21 in 1963 by Law No. 245[1] consisting of the following seven cantons: Chocaya, Portugalete, San Vicente, Santa Bárbara, Tacmari, Guadalupe and Chorolque Viejo.

The National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia INE lists eight divisions of the municipality of Atocha:[2] Atocha, Chorolque, Chorolque Viejo, Portugalete, Chocaya, Guadalupe, San Vicente, Santa Bárbara.

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.[3]

Ethnic group %
Quechua 70.6
Aymara 2.8
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.2
Not indigenous 26.4
Other indigenous groups 0.1

Languages

The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly Spanish and Quechua .

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 4,910
Aymara 274
Guaraní 11
Another native 1
Spanish 8,580
Foreign 26
Only native 395
Native and Spanish 4,602
Only Spanish 3,979

Ref: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Places of interest

The colonial settlement Atocha Viejo ("Old Atocha") as well as the land relief are a tourist attraction.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Law No. 245, Ley de 21 de septiembre de 1963
  2. ↑ INE, Bolivia, Division of Atocha Municipality: Population Data
  3. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

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