Atocha Municipality
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Atocha Municipality | |
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Municipality | |
 Atocha | |
 Flag | |
 Location within Potosí Department | |
  Atocha Municipality Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 21°6′S 66°2′W / 21.100°S 66.033°W | |
| 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 | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Atocha Municipality is the second municipal section of the Sud Chichas Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Atocha. It is located within the Andes mountain range.
Subdivision
[edit]Atocha Municipality was created on September 21, 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
[edit]The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.[3]
| Ethnic group | % |
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| Quechua | 70.6 |
| Aymara | 2.8 |
| Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.2 |
| Not indigenous | 26.4 |
| Other indigenous groups | 0.1 |
Languages
[edit]The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly Spanish and Quechua .
| Language | Inhabitants |
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| 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
[edit]The colonial settlement Atocha Viejo ("Old Atocha") as well as the land relief are a tourist attraction.
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Atocha -
"The sails" (Las velas) -
The egg and the bottle (El huevo y la botella) -
"Lion" (La leona), Chorolque -
"Sleeping Beauty" (La Bella Durmiente) -
"The camel" (El Camello) -
El hielito
See also
[edit]- Kunturillu
- Santa Bárbara (Chorolque)
- Siete Suyos
- Wila Qullu
References
[edit]- ^ Law No. 245, Ley de 21 de septiembre de 1963 Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ INE, Bolivia, Division of Atocha Municipality: Population Data[permanent dead link]
- ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
External links
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- Atocha Municipality: population data and map (PDF; 625 kB)
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