Tupiza Municipality Explained

Official Name:Tupiza Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Potosí Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Sud Chichas Province
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Tupiza
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:38337
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Quechua
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-21.45°N -117°W

Tupiza Municipality is the first municipal section of the Sud Chichas Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Tupiza which is the capital of the province as well.

Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:

The people

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

Ethnic group%
Quechua57.0
Aymara1.7
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0.2
38.5
Other indigenous groups2.5

References

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

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