Atocha Municipality

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.

Atocha Municipality
Municipality
Atocha
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Location within Potosí Department
Atocha Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 21°6′S 66°2′W
Country Bolivia
DepartmentPotosí Department
ProvinceSud Chichas Province
FoundationSeptember 21, 1963
SeatAtocha
Government
 • MayorBraulio Flores
Population
 (2001)
 • Total9,536
 • Ethnicities
Quechua
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Subdivision

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

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.

  • 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

References
  1. Law No. 245, Ley de 21 de septiembre de 1963 Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. INE, Bolivia, Division of Atocha Municipality: Population Data
  3. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
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