Colquechaca Municipality

Colquechaca (in hispanicized spelling) or Qullqichaka (Quechua qullqi silver, money, chaka bridge,^[1] "silver bridge") is the first municipal section of the Chayanta Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Colquechaca.

Colquechaca Qullqichaka
Municipality
Location within Potosí Department
Colquechaca Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°53′S 66°5′W
Country	Bolivia
Department	Potosí Department
Province	Chayanta Province
Seat	Colquechaca
Area
• Total	713 sq mi (1,846 km2)
Elevation	13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	31,037
• Ethnicities	Quechua
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:

• Ayoma
• Colquechaca
• Macha
• Rosario
• Surumi

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.^[2]

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	95.3
Aymara	0.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.0
Not indigenous	3.8
Other indigenous groups	0.0

References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Bolivian Quechua dictionary (Quechua - Spanish, Spanish Quechua)
2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

External links

• Colquechaca Municipality: population data and map