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.
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
Location within Potosí Department
Yocalla Municipality is located in Bolivia
Yocalla Municipality
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
DepartmentPotosí Department
ProvinceTomás Frías Province
Seat
Population
 (2001)
 • Total8,046
 • Ethnicities
Quechua
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

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

Geography[]

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

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.[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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