Yocalla Municipality

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.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[1]

Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.[2]

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. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Potosí (Oeste) 6435-III, Puna 6435-III
  2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)


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