Chayanta Municipality

Chayanta Municipality is the seicont municipal section o the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Bolivie Potosí Depairtment. Its seat is Chayanta.

Location
It is ane o three municipalities (municipios) in the province, bordered bi the Uncía Municipality in the soothwast an the Llallagua Municipality in the northwast.

Population
The 2001 census statit a population o 14,165 inhabitants in the Chayanta Municipality. Life expectancy o a newborn is 51 year, literacy amang the ower-15-year auld is 63%, an 85% o the population is rural.

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

 Ethnic group %Quechua87.8Aymara9.8Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0.0No indigenous 2.2Ither indigenous groups0.1

 Cantons 
The municipality is dividit intae 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

 References 

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

Category:Municipalities o Potosí Depairtment