Chayanta Municipality
Appearance
Chayanta Municipality | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 18°25′S 66°23′W / 18.417°S 66.383°W | |
Kintra | Bolivie |
Depairtment | Potosí Depairtment |
Province | Rafael Bustillo Province |
Seat | Chayanta |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 14,165 |
• Ethnicities | Quechua |
Time zone | UTC-4 (-4) |
Chayanta Municipality is the seicont municipal section o the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Bolivie Potosí Depairtment. Its seat is Chayanta.
Location
[eedit | eedit soorce]It is ane o three municipalities (municipios) in the province, bordered bi the Uncía Municipality in the soothwast an the Llallagua Municipality in the northwast.
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]The 2001 census statit a population o 14,165 inhabitants in the Chayanta Municipality. Life expectancy o a newborn is 51 year, literacy amang the ower-15-year auld is 63%, an 85% o the population is rural.
The fowk are predominantly indigenous citizens o Quechua descent.[1]
Ethnic group | % |
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Quechua | 87.8 |
Aymara | 9.8 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.0 |
No indigenous | 2.2 |
Ither indigenous groups | 0.1 |
Cantons
[eedit | eedit soorce]The municipality is dividit intae nine cantons (cantones):
- Amayapampa Canton
- Amaya Canton
- Chayanta Canton
- Chiuta Cala Cala Canton
- Coataca Canton
- Irupata Canton
- Nueva Colcha Canton
- Panacachi Canton
- Río Verde Canton
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Chayanta Municipality: population data and map Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Index of Development in Chayanta Municipio (Spanish) Archived 2005-03-28 at the Wayback Machine