Aullagas

Aullagas lies in the high country near Uyuni in southwestern Bolivia, on the edge of a broad plain about 3,700 metres above sea level. The surrounding cold alpine desert has mild summers, chilly winters and low night temperatures throughout the year. Agriculture here is limited to quinoa, llamas and sheep, and herders moved their flocks across the open ground. Before the Spanish conquest the Killaka and related peoples of these plains were drawn into Inca rule, and later the area supplied labour and provisions to the silver mines of Potosí.