The Kolla population of the III region is distributed among three communities:
1. Paipote creek community with 92 people with their own organization,
2. Potrerillos community in the town of Diego de Almagro, living the pre-cordillera close to the Potrerillos and El Salvador mines. This community has the strongest ethnic identity and cultural continuity,
3. River Jorquera community, settled in the pre-cordillera area of the rivers Jorquera and Pulido, southeast of Copiapo.
Their main activity still is cattle raising, agriculture (in spite of the lack of water) and mining.
Currently, among the Kolla communities a process of re-ethnification and organization is taking place.