Oronckota

Oronckota lies in a fertile valley of the Pilcomayo country, east of the high mining centre of Potosí. During the colonial era the mining entrepreneur Antonio López de Quiroga brought enslaved Africans to work on estates in the valley. Their labour linked the agricultural lands of Oronckota to the colonial economy of Potosí, while their descendants made a lasting home in this Andean valley.