Porco Municipality is the third
municipal section of the
Antonio Quijarro Province
Antonio Quijarro is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department situated at the Salar de Uyuni. Its seat is Uyuni.
Location
Antonio Quijarro province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located be ...
in the
Potosí Department
Potosí (; Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí.
It is mostly a barren, mountainous region with on ...
in
Bolivia. Its seat is
Porco.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:
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Subdivision
The municipality consists of the following cantons:
* Churcuita
* Kunturiri
* Karma
* Porco
* Chaquilla
The people
The people are predominantly indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
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See also
* Warawara Lake
References
External links
Porco Municipality: population data and map
Municipalities of Potosí Department
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