Colcha "K" Municipality

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Colcha "K" Municipality is the first municipal section of the Nor Lípez Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Colcha "K" or Villa Martín.

Geography

The municipality lies at the Uyuni salt flat.

Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=050901&tipo=1 |title=Colcha "K" |access-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014025938/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=050901&tipo=1 |archive-date=October 14, 2014 }}Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Chiguana 6030-IVBolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Chilala 6031-IVBolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Villa Martín 6031-I{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/latin_america/txu-oclc-224571178-sf19-07.jpg|title=South America Maps|author= |publisher=Joint Operations Graphic|access-date=October 16, 2015}}

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Subdivision

The municipality consists of the following cantons:[http://www.ine.gob.bo National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924073930/http://www.ine.gob.bo/ |date=September 24, 2011 }}

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

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! %

Quechua

|align="right" |88.3

Aymara

|align="right" |5.6

Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos

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Not indigenous

|align="right" |6.0

Other indigenous groups

|align="right" |0.1

See also

References

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