Colquechaca

Colquechaca lies in the high country of Chayanta, north of Potosí. Documents record the settlement in 1746, amid a region of silver deposits and Aymara-speaking communities. In the late eighteenth century Chayanta became a centre of resistance to Spanish colonial rule. Tomás Katari challenged abuses of local authority, and his killing in January 1781 intensified an uprising that spread across the province.