Chayanta Province

Chayanta Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Potosí
Seat	Colquechaca
surface	7026 km²
Residents	97,583 (2012)
density	14 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-P
Landscape near Ocurí

Coordinates: 18 ° 26 ′  S , 65 ° 31 ′  W

Chayanta is a province in the northern part of the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The Chayanta Province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It extends between 18 ° 23 'and 19 ° 6' south latitude and between 65 ° 23 'and 66 ° 19' west longitude . It borders in the north with the province of Charcas , in the northwest with the province Rafael Bustillo , in the west with the department Oruro , in the south with the province Tomás Frías , in the southeast with the province Cornelio Saavedra , and in the east with the department Chuquisaca . The province extends for about 125 kilometers in an east-west direction and 100 kilometers in a north-south direction.

population

The population of Chayanta Province has increased by about a third over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 73,128 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 90,205 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 97,583 inhabitants (census)

The most important idiom of the province with 79 percent is Quechua . 97 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 98 percent live without sanitary facilities. The capital of the province is Colquechaca with 1666 inhabitants. 74 percent of the population work in agriculture, 1 percent in mining, 13 percent in industry and 12 percent in services. ( 2001 )

structure

The province is divided into the following four districts ( Bolivian : Municipios ):

• 05-0401 Municipio Colquechaca - 34,722 inhabitants (2012 census)
• 05-0402 Municipio Ravelo - 20,765 inhabitants
• 05-0403 Municipio Pocoata - 25,648 inhabitants
• 05-0404 Municipio Ocurí - 16,448 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Chayanta

• Municipio Colquechaca
  • Colquechaca 4272 pop - Macha 1,135 pop - Bombori 628 pop - Chairapata (Chayanta) 581 pop - Tomaycuri 535 pop - Puitira 531 pop - Chuarani 503 pop - Kalasaya 492 pop - Karata 403 pop - Pampa Colorada 342 pop - Ayoma 301 pop - Surumi 254 pop

• Municipio Ravelo
  • Ravelo 1826 pop - Moqo Cutani 404 pop - Thurumani 343 pop - Antora 206 pop - Tomoyo 171 pop - Toroca 44 pop .

• Municipio Pocoata
  • Pocoata 1585 pop - Vilapampa 1098 pop - Huancarani 752 pop - Chocó 459 pop - Quesimpuco 434 pop - Tejori 203 pop - San Miguel de Khari 193 pop - Campaya 183 pop - Patacochi 122 pop - Tanana 108 Pop - San Juan de Arrospata 108 pop - Cenajo 45 pop

• Municipio Ocurí
  • Ocurí pop 1722 - Maragua pop 493 - Chairapata (Ocurí) pop 125 - Marcoma pop 76

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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. 
4. ↑ 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

• Potosí Department - Social data (PDF 5.36 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Colquechaca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 964 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Ravelo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 840 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Pocoata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 697 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Ocurí - detailed map and population data (PDF; 709 kB) ( Spanish )