Cercado Province (Cochabamba)

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Province of Cercado
location
Basic data
Country Bolivia
Department Cochabamba
Seat Cochabamba
surface 391 km²
Residents 630,587 (2012)
density 1613 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 BO-C

Coordinates: 17 ° 23 ′  S , 66 ° 10 ′  W

Cercado is a province in the central part of the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province is one of sixteen provinces in the department of Cochabamba. It borders the province of Quillacollo to the west, the province of Capinota to the south, the province of Esteban Arce to the southeast , and the province of Chapare to the east .

The province extends roughly between 17 ° 17 'and 17 ° 32' south latitude and 66 ° 29 'and 66 ° 42' west longitude, its extent from west to east is 22 kilometers, from north to south 28 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Cercado has increased by about half in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 414,307 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 517,024 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 630,587 inhabitants (census)

36.7 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 92.9 percent. (1992)

98.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 51.5 percent Quechua , and 8.6 percent Aymara . (1992)

8.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 25.0 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

86.8 percent of the population are Catholic , 8.9 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Cercado consists of only one municipality :

Localities in the province of Cercado

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ GEOHive according to: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2013

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