Atocha Municipality


Atocha Municipality is the second municipal section of the Sud Chichas Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Atocha. It is located within the Andes 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, Chocaya, Guadalupe, San Vicente, Santa Bárbara.

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.
Ethnic group%
Quechua70.6
Aymara2.8
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0.2
Not indigenous26.4
Other indigenous groups0.1

Languages

The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly Spanish and Quechua.
LanguageInhabitants
Quechua4,910
Aymara274
Guaraní11
Another native1
Spanish8,580
Foreign26
Only native395
Native and Spanish4,602
Only Spanish3,979

Ref: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Places of interest

The colonial settlement Atocha Viejo as well as the land relief are a tourist attraction.