Chayanta Province
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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
- Municipio Ravelo
- Municipio Pocoata
- Municipio Ocurí
- Ocurí pop 1722 - Maragua pop 493 - Chairapata (Ocurí) pop 125 - Marcoma pop 76
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 )