Yonza is one of the cantons of the
Tahua Municipality
Tahua Municipality is the second municipal section of the Daniel Campos Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Tahua.
Geography
Tahua Municipality lies in the Altiplano at the Uyuni salt flat.
Some of the highest mountains ...
, the second
municipal section of the
Daniel Campos Province
Daniel Campos is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. It is named after the poet Daniel Campos who originated from this area. The capital of the province is Llica.
Location
Daniel Campos province is one of s ...
in the
Potosí Department
Potosí (; Aymara language, Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a Departments of Bolivia, department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí.
It is most ...
of
Bolivia
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. During the census of 2001 it had 363 inhabitants.
[Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Bolivia]
(Spanish) Its seat is Yonza. The canton is situated on a peninsula that juts into
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni (or "Salar de Tunupa") is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at over in area. It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of above sea level.
The Sal ...
on its southern end.
See also
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Inkawasi Island
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Isla del Pescado
Isla del Pescado, Isla de los Pescadores or Cujiri is a hilly and rocky outcrop of land in the middle of Salar de Uyuni – a Salt pan (geology), salt flat situated in the Daniel Campos Province, Tahua Municipality, Caquena Canton, Bolivia.
The l ...
References
External links
Tahua Municipality: population data and map
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Cantons of Potosí Department
Cantons of Bolivia