Ingavi Province

Ingavi Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz
Seat	Viacha
surface	5410 km²
Residents	134,535 (2012)
density	25 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-L
Map of the Municipios in the Province

Coordinates: 16 ° 43 ′  S , 68 ° 50 ′  W

Ingavi is one of twenty provinces in the Bolivian La Paz department and is located in the western part of the department. The province bears its current name after the place Ingaví (also: Ingavi ), where the battle of Ingavi took place in 1841 , with which the independence of Bolivia from Peru was secured.

location

Tiahuanaco Sun Gate

The province is located in the central part of the Bolivian Altiplano on the Río Desaguadero and borders in the north on Lake Titicaca , in the west on the Republic of Peru , in the southwest on the province of José Manuel Pando , in the south on the province of Pacajes , in the southeast on the province of Aroma , to the east to the province of Murillo , and to the northeast to the province of Los Andes .

The province extends between about 16 ° 23 'and 17 ° 06' south latitude and 68 ° 11 'and 69 ° 20' west longitude, it measures from north to south up to 70 kilometers, from west to east up to 110 kilometers.

population

The population of Ingavi province has increased by almost three quarters over the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	78 230	census
2001	95 906	census
2012	134 535	census

The province's literacy rate is 85.7 percent, with 88.1 percent for men and 69.1 percent for women.

The infant mortality rate is 7.7 percent (1992) to 5.7 percent (2001) declined.

77.8 percent of the population speak Spanish , 82.8 percent speak Aymara , and 0.8 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

59.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 54.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

70.0 percent of households own a radio, 24.7 percent a television, 41.4 percent a bicycle, 0.8 percent a motorcycle, 3.5 percent a car, 3.4 percent a refrigerator, and 4.9 percent a telephone. (2001)

74.1 percent of the population are Catholic , 20.0 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

In the last census of 2012, the province of Ingavi was divided into the following seven municipalities :

• 02-0801 Municipio Viacha - 80,388 inhabitants
• 02-0802 Municipio Guaqui - 7,278 inhabitants
• 02-0803 Municipio Tiahuanacu - 12,189 inhabitants
• 02-0804 Municipio Desaguadero - 6,987 inhabitants
• 02-0805 Municipio San Andrés de Machaca - 6,145 inhabitants
• 02-0806 Municipio Jesús de Machaca - 14,950 inhabitants
• 02-0807 Municipio Taraco - 6.598 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Ingavi

• Municipio Viacha
  • Viacha 62,516 pop - Achica Arriba 1105 pop - Chonchocoro 1102 pop - Mazo Cruz 877 pop - Hichuraya Grande 740 pop - Achica Baja 652 pop - Villa Remedios 589 pop - Irpuma 457 pop - Chacoma Irpa Grande 438 pop .

• Municipio Guaqui
  • Puerto Guaqui 1238 pop - Guaqui 768 pop - Sullcata 600 pop - Lacuyo San Antonio 585 pop - Andamarca 527 pop

• Municipio Tiahuanacu
  • Huari Chico 1145 pop - Huacullani 1101 pop - Tiawanacu 860 pop - Yanarico 821 pop - Achaca 739 pop - Centro Huacullani 714 pop - Pillapi San Agustín 662 pop - Guaraya 652 pop - Huacuyo 511 pop - Pillapi 179 pop.

• Municipio Desaguadero
  • Desaguadero 4065 pop . - Azafranal 593 pop . - San Juan de Huancollo 406 pop .

• Municipio of San Andrés de Machaca
  • Cuipiamaya Pop. 297 - Conchacollo Pop. 272 - San Andrés de Machaca Pop . 268 - Nazacara Pop .

• Municipio Jesús de Machaca
  • Titicani Tucari 913 pop - Corpa 783 pop - Jesús de Machaca 604 pop - Sullkatiti Titiri 527 pop - Kalla Baja 521 pop - Yauriri San Francisco 509 pop - Santo Domingo de Machaca 504 pop - Chama 472 pop - Kalla Tupac Katari 144 pop.

• Municipio Taraco
  • Ñachoca pop 1168 - Sapana pop 1055 - Coacollo pop 623 - Chivo pop 559 - Chiripa pop 372 - San José de Taraco pop 260 - Taraco pop 238

See also

• Battle of Ingavi

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 (PDF 11.91 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Desaguadero - detailed map and population data (PDF; 311 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Guaqui - detailed map and population data (PDF; 325 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Jesús de Machaca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 311 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio San Andrés de Machaca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 576 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Taraco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 317 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Tiahuanacu - detailed map and population data (PDF; 334 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Viacha - detailed map and population data (PDF; 630 kB) ( Spanish )