San Antonio de Esmoruco Municipality

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San Antonio de Esmoruco Municipality
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San Antonio de Esmoruco
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Location within Potosí Department
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San Antonio de Esmoruco Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 22°3′S66°38′W / 22.050°S 66.633°W / -22.050; -66.633 Coordinates: 22°3′S66°38′W / 22.050°S 66.633°W / -22.050; -66.633
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Department Potosí Department
Province Sur Lípez Province
Seat San Antonio de Esmoruco
Elevation 14,400 ft (4,400 m)
Population (2001)
  Total 1,666
  Ethnicities Quechua
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

San Antonio de Esmoruco is the third municipal section of the Sur Lípez Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is San Antonio de Esmoruco.

Municipalities of Bolivia administrative division of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality. In these cases the municipalities are identical to the provinces they belong to.

Sur Lípez Province Province in Potosí Department, Bolivia

Sur Lípez or Sud Lípez is a province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. The seat of the province is San Pablo de Lípez.

Potosí Department Place in Potosí, Bolivia

Potosí is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 823,517 inhabitants. The capital is the city of Potosí. It is mostly a barren, mountainous region with one large plateau to the west, where the largest salt flat in the world, Salar de Uyuni, is located.

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Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. [1]

Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central, and South America and their descendants

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the Pre-Columbian peoples of North, Central and South America and their descendants.

Quechua people ethnic group

Quechua people or Quecha peoples may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous peoples of South America. Most Quechua speakers live in Peru, although there is a significant population living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Ethnic group%
Quechua 88.4
Aymara 0.5
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.0
Not indigenous 10.9
Other indigenous groups0.2

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Waqrayuq

Waqrayuq is a 5,362-metre-high (17,592 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Sud Lípez Province, in the north of the Esmoruco Municipality. Waqrayuq lies south-east of the mountain P'aqu Urqu and north-west of the mountain Muruq'u.

Muruqu

Muruq'u is a 5,681-metre-high (18,638 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Sud Lípez Province, in the north of the Esmoruco Municipality, southwest of Guadalupe. Muruq'u lies southeast of P'aqu Urqu and Waqrayuq.

Nina Urqu

Nina Urqu is a 4,742-metre-high (15,558 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Sud Lípez Province, in the north of the Esmoruco Municipality, south-west of Guadalupe. Nina Urqu lies south-east of the mountains P'aqu Urqu, Waqrayuq and Muruq'u.

References

  1. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)