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Atocha Municipality

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Country
  
Bolivia

Province
  
Sud Chichas Province

Seat
  
Atocha

Department
  
Potosí Department

Foundation
  
September 21, 1963

Time zone
  
-4 (UTC-4)

Atocha Municipality

Atocha Municipality is the second municipal section of the Sud Chichas Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Atocha.

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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, Chocaya, Guadalupe, San Vicente, Santa Bárbara.

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.

Languages

The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly Spanish and Quechua .

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.

References

Atocha Municipality Wikipedia