Mizque Province

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Mizque Province
location
Basic data
Country Bolivia
Department Cochabamba
Seat Mizque
surface 2730 km²
Residents 35,586 (2012 census)
density 13 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 BO-C

Coordinates: 18 ° 0 ′  S , 65 ° 35 ′  W

Mizque is one of sixteen provinces in the central southern part of the Bolivian department of Cochabamba . "Mizqui" is a Quetschua word and means "sweet, mild" .

location

The province lies on the plateau between the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental and Cordillera Central and extends south to the Río Grande . It borders in the northwest with the province of Punata , in the west with the province Esteban Arce , in the southwest with the department Potosí , in the southeast with the province Narciso Campero , in the northeast with the province Carrasco , and in the north with the province Arani .

The province extends roughly between 17 ° 41 'and 18 ° 25' south latitude and 65 ° 40 'and 66 ° 16' west longitude, its extent from west to east is 60 kilometers, from north to south 90 kilometers.

climate

Average temperature 16 to 18 ° C in the valley, cooler in the mountains; 300 to 700 mm of precipitation, rainy season from December to March

economy

Agriculture is the most important branch of the economy. The main crops are: potatoes, corn, wheat, barley, peanuts, onions, and recently also carrots.

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According to statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the income of the Mizqueos, i.e. H. of residents of the province, at around US $ 1,100 per capita per year, with around two thirds being very poor and almost half being illiterate.

At least with regard to income, considerable doubts can be raised, because a family of 5 would have to earn more than US $ 5000, which in the best of cases could apply to a few families. For example, a teacher earns less than US $ 200 a month, an agronomist US $ 300, and individual traders may make a little more. Perhaps the Vila Vila mines are pushing up average earnings.

population

The population of the province of Mizque has increased by almost a third in the past two decades, but has recently stagnated:

year Residents source
1992 27,959 census
2001 36,181 census
2012 35,586 census

43.5 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 52.2 percent. (1992)

Only 37.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 95.0 percent Quechua , and 0.9 percent Aymara . (1992)

94.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 95.0 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

90.8 percent of the population are Catholic , 5.0 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Mizque was divided into the following three municipalities at the last census of 2012 :

Localities in the province of Mizque

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

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