Larecaja Province

Larecaja Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz
Seat	Sorata
surface	8110 km²
Residents	86,481 (2012)
density	11 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-L

Coordinates: 15 ° 50 ′  S , 68 ° 10 ′  W

Larecaja is one of twenty provinces in the central part of the La Paz department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province lies on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Real east of Lake Titicaca and borders the province of Franz Tamayo in the north, the province of Bautista Saavedra in the north-west, the province of Muñecas in the west, the province of Omasuyos in the south-west and the Los Andes Province , to the southeast to the Murillo Province , to the east to the Caranavi Province , and to the northeast to the Sud Yungas Province .

The province extends between approximately 15 ° 04 'and 16 ° 05' south latitude and 67 ° 27 'and 68 ° 49' west longitude, its extent from west to east is 125 kilometers, from north to south 100 kilometers.

population

The population of Larecaja province has increased by a quarter in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	68 762	census
2001	68 244	census
2012	86 473	census

39.9 percent of the population are younger than 15 years. ( 1992 )

The literacy rate in the province is 77.0 percent. ( 1992 )

83.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 59.5 percent speak Aymara , and 19.8 percent speak Quechua . ( 1992 )

68.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 83.9 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 1992 )

81.7 percent of the population are Catholic , 14.8 percent are Protestant . ( 1992 )

structure

The province of Larecaja was divided into the following eight municipalities at the last census in 2012 :

• 02-0601 Municipio Sorata - 23,016 inhabitants
• 02-0602 Municipio Guanay - 14,788 inhabitants
• 02-0603 Municipio Tacacoma - 8,013 inhabitants
• 02-0604 Municipio Quiabaya - 2,684 inhabitants
• 02-0605 Municipio Combaya - 3.731 inhabitants
• 02-0606 Municipio Tipuani - 9,985 inhabitants
• 02-0607 Municipio Mapiri - 13,817 inhabitants
• 02-0608 Municipio Teoponte - 10,439 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Larecaja

• Municipio Sorata
  • Sorata 2788 pop - Cooco 722 pop - Ingenio 547 pop - Yani 378 pop - Ilabaya 290 pop - Cañaviri 285 pop - Ancoma Norte 256 pop - Chuchulaya 242 pop .

• Municipio Guanay
  • Guanay pop 4165 - Carura pop 922 - Candelaria pop 711 - Wituponte pop 579 - Challana Pampa pop 562

• Municipio Tacacoma
  • Tacacoma 794 pop - Chumisa 549 pop .

• Municipio Quiabaya
  • Quiabaya Pop. 378.

• Municipio Combaya
  • Sorejaya 1222 pop - Combaya 897 pop.

• Municipio Tipuani
  • Tipuani 2456 pop - Chima 1576 pop - Chuquini 1209 pop - Unutuluni 857 pop - Rinconada 754 pop - Cangalli 557 pop - Molleterio 539 pop

• Municipio Mapiri
  • Mapiri pop. 3446 - Santa Rosa de Mapiri pop 2336 - Charopampa pop 1060 - Achiquiri pop 599 - Ventanillani pop 582 - Sorata Limitada pop 531.

• Municipio Teoponte
  • Teoponte 1519 pop - Mayaya 959 pop - Tomachi 629 pop

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 Combaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 357 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Guanay - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.91 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Mapiri - detailed map and population data (PDF; 754 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Quiabaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 383 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Sorata - detailed map and population data (PDF: 898 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Tacacoma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 836 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Teoponte - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.15 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Tipuani - detailed map and population data (PDF; 390 kB) ( Spanish )