Chayanta Municipality is the second municipal section

Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...

 of the Rafael Bustillo Province

Rafael Bustillo Province

Rafael Bustillo is a province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its name honors the Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary Rafael Bustillo . The capital of the province is Uncía with a population of 5,709 in the year 2001, the largest town is Llallagua with 20,065 inhabitants.-Location:Rafael...

 in the Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

n Potosí Department

Potosí Department

Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí....

. Its seat is Chayanta.

Location

It is one of three municipalities (municipios) in the province, bordered by the Uncía Municipality

Uncía Municipality

Uncía Municipality is the first municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Uncía.- Subdivision :The municipality consists of the following cantons:* Uncía* Cala Cala...

 in the southwest and the Llallagua Municipality

Llallagua Municipality

Llallagua Municipality is the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Llallagua.- The people :The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua and Aymara descent....

 in the northwest.

Population

The 2001 census

Census

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 stated a population of 14,165 inhabitants in the Chayanta Municipality. Life expectancy

Life expectancy

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 of a newborn is 51 years, literacy

Literacy

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 among the over-15-year old is 63%, and 85% of the population is rural.
The people are predominantly indigenous

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...

 citizens of Quechua descent.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua Quechuas Quechuas is the collective term for several indigenous ethnic groups in South America who speak a Quechua language , belonging to several ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves as well as their...	87.8
Aymara	9.8
Guaraní, Chiquitos Chiquitos Chiquitos means "little ones" in Spanish. The Spanish Conquistadores chose this name for the people living in the rain savannas of what is now the eastern parts of the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia, when they found the small doors of the Indian huts in the region.Today, this area is called Gran... , Moxos Moxos people The Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits...	0.0
Not indigenous Indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...	2.2
Other indigenous groups	0.1

Cantons

The municipality is divided into nine cantons (cantones):

• Amayapampa Canton
• Amaya Canton
• Chayanta Canton
• Chiuta Cala Cala Canton
• Coataca Canton
• Irupata Canton
• Nueva Colcha Canton
• Panacachi Canton
• Río Verde Canton

External links

• Chayanta Municipality: population data and map
• Index of Development in Chayanta Municipio (Spanish)