Caranavi Province

Caranavi Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz
Seat	Caranavi
surface	3400 km²
Residents	59,365 (2012 census)
density	17 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-L
Central square in Caranavi

Coordinates: 15 ° 40 ′  S , 67 ° 25 ′  W

Caranavi is one of twenty provinces in the eastern part of the Bolivian department of La Paz .

location

The province is located on the Bolivian Altiplano east of Lake Titicaca on the upper reaches of the Río Beni and borders in the northwest with the province Larecaja , in the southwest with the province Murillo , in the south with the province Nor Yungas , and in the east and northeast with the province Sud Yungas .

The province extends between approximately 15 ° 20 'and 16 ° 03' south latitude and 67 ° 07 'and 67 ° 42' west longitude, it measures 75 kilometers from north to south and 55 kilometers from west to east.

population

The population of the province of Caranavi has increased by more than a third over the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	43 093	census
2001	51 153	census
2012	59 365	census

40.6 percent of the population are younger than 15 years. (1992)

The literacy rate in the province is 83.1 percent. (1992)

92.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 71.6 percent speak Aymara , and 11.1 percent speak Quechua . (1992)

88.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 65.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

68.0 percent of the population are Catholic , 22.9 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Caranavi is divided into the following two municipalities :

• 02-2001 Municipio Caranavi - 48,513 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
• 02-2002 Municipio Alto Beni - 10,852 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Caranavi

• Municipio Caranavi
  • Caranavi 13,569 pop - Taypiplaya 1783 pop - Alcoche 878 pop - Colonia Bautista Saavedra 731 pop - Cruz Playa 562 pop - Santa Fe 344 pop - Choro 117 pop - Chojña 114 pop - San Pedro de Caranavi 33 pop .

• Municipio Alto Beni
  • San Antonio de Eduardo Avaroa 704 pop - Sararia 400 pop - Caserío Nueve 336 pop - Bella Vista 217 pop - Santa Rosa 107 pop.

Individual evidence

1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
3. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• La Paz Department - Social data ( Spanish ) (PDF; 11.63 MB)
• Municipios Caranavi and Alto Beni - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.17 MB)