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.
The municipality consists of the following cantons:
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.[1]
Ethnic group | % |
---|---|
Quechua | 57.0 |
Aymara | 1.7 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.2 |
38.5 | |
Other indigenous groups | 2.5 |