Eduardo Avaroa Province

Eduardo Avaroa Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Oruro
Seat	Challapata
surface	4015 km²
Residents	33,248 (2012)
density	8.3 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-O

Coordinates: 19 ° 2 ′  S , 66 ° 12 ′  W

Eduardo Avaroa (also: Abaroa ) is a province in the southeastern part of the Oruro department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province of Eduardo Avaroa is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro department. It lies between 18 ° 39 'and 19 ° 30' south latitude and between 65 ° 42 'and 66 ° 42' west longitude .

It borders in the northwest with the province of Poopó , in the west with the province Sud Carangas and the province Ladislao Cabrera , and in the south and east with the department Potosí . The province of Sebastián Pagador is embedded in the province of Eduardo Avaroa between the two municipalities .

The province extends over 100 kilometers in an east-west direction and over 90 kilometers in a north-south direction.

population

The population of the province of Avaroa has increased by almost half in the past two decades:

• 1992 : 23,147 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 27,675 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 33,248 inhabitants (census)

44.1 percent of the population are younger than 15 years. 78.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 71.9 percent Quechua and 23.0 percent Aymara . ( 2001 )

82 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 94 percent live without sanitary facilities ( 1992 ).

68.9 percent of those in employment work in agriculture, 0.5 percent in mining, 6.9 percent in industry, and 23.7 percent in the service sector ( 2001 ).

86.6 percent of the population are Catholic, 11.9 percent are Protestant ( 1992 ).

structure

The province is divided into the following two municipalities :

• 04-0201 Municipio Challapata - 29,265 inhabitants (2012 census)
• 04-0202 Municipio Quillacas - 3,983 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Eduardo Avaroa

• Municipio Challapata
  • Challapata 12,684 pop - Cruce Culta 1520 pop - Kakachaca 432 pop - Ancacato 352 pop - Huancané 299 pop - Thola Palca 27 pop

• Municipio Quillacas
  • Santuario de Quillacas 910 pop - Sevaruyo 749 pop - Soraga 267 pop

Individual evidence

1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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

• Departamento Oruro - social data (PDF 6.01 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Challapata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 811 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Santuario de Quillacas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 461 kB) ( Spanish )