Uncía Municipality is the first
municipal section of the
Rafael Bustillo Province
Rafael Bustillo is a province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its name honors the Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary Rafael Bustillo († 1886). The capital of the province is Uncía with a population of 5,709 in the year 2001, the larg ...
in the
Potosí Department in
Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
. Its seat is
Uncía
Uncía is a town located in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is the capital of the Uncía Municipality and Rafael Bustillo Province
Rafael Bustillo is a province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its name honors the Bolivian diplomat an ...
.
Subdivision
The municipality consists of the following cantons:
* Uncía
* Cala Cala (Qala Qala)
Chuqi Uta Canton belonged to the municipality until June 17, 2009, when
Chuqi Uta Municipality was created now being the fourth municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.
The people
The people are predominantly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua and
Aymara descent.
[obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)]
See also
*
Jach'a Jawira (Uncía)
References
External links
Uncía Municipality: population data and map
Municipalities of Potosí Department
{{Potosí-geo-stub