Porco Municipality

Municipality in Potosí Department, Bolivia

Porco Municipality is the third municipal section of the Antonio Quijarro Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Porco.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:^[1]

• Apa Purqu
• Chachakumiri
• Janq'u Apachita
• Jarmiri
• Jatun Patilla
• Muru Qullu
• Pukara
• Pukara Punta
• Pukarani
• Qiwiña Q'asa
• Quyqu
• Silla Q'asa
• Sillara
• Suchusqa
• Sura Sura
• Urqu Maki
• Wanay
• Wayna Purqu
• Wayna Quta
• Yuraq Q'asa

Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:

• Churcuita
• Kunturiri
• Karma
• Porco
• Chaquilla

The people

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

See also

• Warawara Lake

References

1. Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Porco 6434-IV
2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

External links

• Porco Municipality: population data and map