Porco Municipality

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Porco Municipality
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Porco Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 19°45′S66°0′W / 19.750°S 66.000°W / -19.750; -66.000 Coordinates: 19°45′S66°0′W / 19.750°S 66.000°W / -19.750; -66.000
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Department Potosí Department
Province Antonio Quijarro Province
Seat Porco
Population (2001)
 • Total 5,959
 • Ethnicities Quechua
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

Porco Municipality is the third municipal section of the Antonio Quijarro Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Porco.

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.

Antonio Quijarro Province Province in Potosí Department, Bolivia

Antonio Quijarro is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department situated at the Salar de Uyuni. Its seat is Uyuni.

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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Geography

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

Muru Qullu

Muru Qullu is a 4,613-metre-high (15,135 ft) mountain in Bolivia. It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality. It lies southwest of Warawara Lake.

Pukara (Potosí)

Pukara is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,100 m (13,500 ft). It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality. It lies east of the village of Challwiri (Challviri).

Pukarani (Potosí)

Pukarani is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,060 m (13,320 ft). It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality.

Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:

The people

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

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 people, may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous people of South America. Most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, although there are some significant populations living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Ethnic group%
Quechua 90.1
Aymara 1.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.1
Not indigenous 7.7
Other indigenous groups0.1

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Yuraq Qasa (Bolivia)

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Qiwiña Qasa

Qiwiña Q'asa is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,140 m (13,580 ft). It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality, west of Porco.

References

  1. ↑ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Porco 6434-IV
  2. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)


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