Atocha Municipality is the second
municipal section of the
Sud Chichas Province
Sud Chichas (or: ''Sur Chichas'') is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Tupiza.
Location
Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 51' and 21° 50' South and ...
in the
Potosí Department
Potosí (; Southern Quechua, Quechua: ''P'utuqsi''; Aymara language, Aymara: ''Putusi'') is a Departments of Bolivia, department in southwestern Bolivia. Its area is 118,218 km2 and its population is 856,419 (2024 census). The capital is the ...
in
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. Its seat is
Atocha. It is located within the
Andes
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mountain range.
Subdivision
Atocha Municipality was created on September 21, 1963 by Law No. 245 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:
Atocha,
Chorolque,
Chorolque Viejo,
Portugalete
Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.
The town has 45,294 inhabitants as of 2021 and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located ...
,
Chocaya,
Guadalupe,
San Vicente,
Santa Bárbara.
The people
The people are predominantly
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...
citizens of
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
descent.
[obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo]
Languages
The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
and
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
.
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.
File:Vista Panoramica Atocha.jpg, Atocha
File:Las velas.jpg, "The sails" (''Las velas'')
File:Huevo - La botella.jpg, The egg and the bottle (''El huevo y la botella'')
File:La Leona Chorolque.jpg, "Lion" (''La leona''), Chorolque
File:La Dama.jpg, "Sleeping Beauty" (''La Bella Durmiente'')
File:El Camello Atocha.jpg, "The camel" (''El Camello'')
File:El hielito.jpg, ''El hielito''
See also
*
Kunturillu
*
Santa Bárbara (Chorolque)
*
Siete Suyos
*
Wila Qullu
References
External links
Atocha Municipality: population data and map(PDF; 625 kB)
{{Potosí Department
Municipalities of Potosí Department