Ocurí Municipality

Ocurí Municipality
Ocurí Municipality
—  Municipality  —
Ocurí
Ocurí Municipality is located in Bolivia
Ocurí Municipality
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°50′S 65°48′W / 18.833°S 65.8°W / -18.833; -65.8Coordinates: 18°50′S 65°48′W / 18.833°S 65.8°W / -18.833; -65.8
Country  Bolivia
Department Potosí Department
Province Chayanta Province
Seat Ocurí
Area
 – Total 304.2 sq mi (788 km2)
Elevation 13,451 ft (4,100 m)
Population (2001)
 – Total 18,516
 – Ethnicities Quechua
Time zone -4 (UTC-4)

Ocurí Municipality is the fourth municipal section of the Chayanta Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Ocurí.

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Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:

  • Chairapata
  • Maragua
  • Marcoma
  • Ocurí

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.[1]

Ethnic group %
Quechua 93.4
Aymara 0.2
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.2
Not indigenous 6.1
Other indigenous groups 0.1

References

  1. ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

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