Los Andes Province (Bolivia)

This article describes the Bolivian province of Los Andes , the Chilean province of the same name is shown here .

Los Andes Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz
Seat	Pucarani
surface	1658 km²
Residents	77,579 (2012)
density	47 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-L
Plaza Franz Tamayo in Pucarani

Coordinates: 16 ° 20 ′  S , 68 ° 25 ′  W

Los Andes ( Spanish for: "The Andes" ) is one of twenty provinces of the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia and is located in the central part of the department.

location

The province is located on the southeastern edge of Lake Titicaca and borders in the northwest on the province of Omasuyos , in the south on the province of Ingavi , in the east on the province of Murillo , and in the north on the province of Larecaja .

The province extends between about 16 ° 00 'and 16 ° 47' south latitude and 68 ° 08 'and 68 ° 45' west longitude, it measures 90 kilometers from north to south and 75 kilometers from west to east.

population

The population of the province of Los Andes has increased by around a quarter in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	62 185	census
2001	69 636	census
2012	77 579	census

The literacy rate in the province is 81.1 percent, 90.6 percent for men and 72.4 percent for women. (2001)

The infant mortality rate is 6.8 percent (1992) and 7.3 percent (2001) high.

63.8 percent of the population speak Spanish , 96.2 percent speak Aymara , and 0.1 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

63.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 70.1 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

57.5 percent of households own a radio, 13.0 percent a television, 32.4 percent a bicycle, 1.1 percent a motorcycle, 2.5 percent a car, 0.4 percent a refrigerator, 0.9 percent one Phone. (2001)

71.5 percent of the population are Catholic , 24.2 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Los Andes was divided into the following four municipalities in the 2012 census :

• 02-1201 Municipio Pucarani - 29,594 inhabitants
• 02-1202 Municipio Laja - 23,673 inhabitants
• 02-1203 Municipio Batallas - 17,284 inhabitants
• 02-1204 Municipio Puerto Pérez - 7,028 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Los Andes

• Municipio Pucarani
  • Pucarani pop 1313 - Palcoco 920 pop - Patamanta 857 pop - Tujuyo 817 pop - Vilaque Cochapampa 784 pop - Vilaque Pampajasi 777 pop - Chojasivi 702 pop - Chojña Collo 693 pop - Chuñavi Litoral 676 pop - Palcoco Litoral pop 676 - Pucarani pop 670 pop - Catavi 652 pop - Corapata 640 pop - Machacamarca 588 pop - Villa Vilaque 579 pop - Ancocagua 570 pop - Cúcuta 558 pop - Santa Ana 528 pop - Cohana Grande 505 pop - Chipamaya 478 pop - Chiarpata 306 pop - Iquiaca Grande 250 pop - Lacaya 231 pop - Villa Iquiaca 101 pop .

• Municipio Laja
  • Puchucollo Alto 2461 pop - Cantapa 1541 pop - Callamarca 1027 pop - Laja 876 pop - Cúcuta 823 pop - Capacasi 780 pop - Tambillo 711 pop - Sacacani 619 pop - Puchucollo Bajo Sur 561 pop - Pochocollo Bajo 557 pop - Copajira 552 pop - Chuño Chuñuni 509 pop - Collo Collo 317 pop - Curva Pucará 190 pop - San Juan de Satatotora 146 pop - San Juan Rosario 56 pop .

• Municipio Batallas
  • Batallas pop 2257 - Karhuiza pop 1034 - Chirapaca pop 851 - Igachi pop 720 - Alto Peñas pop 712 - Cullucachi pop 656 - Suriquiña pop 568 - Pariri pop 543 - Catacora pop 537 - Calasaya pop 521. - Tuquia pop 516 - Cutusuma pop 448 - Peñas pop 393 - Huancané pop 374 - Chachacomani pop 255 - Kerani pop 209 - Llasaraya pop 71

• Municipio Puerto Pérez
  • Puerto Pérez 578 pop - Cumaná 457 pop - Ayzadera 382 pop - Karapata Alta 268 pop - Cascachi 204 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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

• Relief map of the Batallas region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 10.5 MB)
• Relief map of the La Paz region 1: 250: 000 (PDF; 11.3 MB)
• La Paz Department - Social data (PDF 11.91 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Batallas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 497 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Laja - detailed map and population data (PDF; 467 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Pucarani - detailed map and population data (PDF; 647 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Puerto Pérez - detailed map and population data (PDF; 376 kB) ( Spanish )