Chayanta Municipality

Chayanta Municipality
Municipality
Chayanta Municipality Location athin Bolivie
Coordinates: 18°25′S 66°23′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

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

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.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	87.8
Aymara	9.8
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.0
No indigenous	2.2
Ither indigenous groups	0.1

Cantons

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

Freemit airtins

• 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