Porco Municipality

Porco Municipality
Municipality
Porco
Location within Potosí Department
Porco Municipality Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 19°45′S 66°0′W
Country	Bolivia
Department	Potosí Department
Province	Antonio Quijarro Province
Seat	Porco
Population  (2001)
• Total	5,959
• Ethnicities	Quechua
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

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]

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	90.1
Aymara	1.9
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.1
Not indigenous	7.7
Other indigenous groups	0.1

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