Nor Chichas Province

Nor Chichas Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Potosí
Seat	Cotagaita
surface	8979 km²
Residents	42,248 (2012)
density	4.7 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-P
The village of Vitichi on the Río Vitichi

Coordinates: 20 ° 42 ′  S , 65 ° 40 ′  W

Nor Chichas is a province in the eastern part of the Potosí Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province of Nor Chicas is one of sixteen provinces in the Department of Potosí. It lies between 20 ° 01 'and 21 ° 08' south latitude and between 65 ° 13 'and 66 ° 17' west longitude . It borders in the north on the province of José María Linares , in the west on the province Antonio Quijarro , in the south on the province Sur Chichas , and in the east on the department Chuquisaca . The province extends for about 120 kilometers in an east-west direction and 140 kilometers in a north-south direction.

population

The population of the province of Nor Chichas has increased by about a tenth over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 38,250 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 35,323 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 42,248 inhabitants (census)

The most important idiom of the province with 99.5 percent is Quechua , and 69 percent speak Spanish . The capital of the province is Cotagaita with 3,931 inhabitants ( 2012 ).

92 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 87 percent live without sanitary facilities. 73 percent of the population work in agriculture, 4.5 percent in mining, 4 percent in industry, and 18.5 percent in services. 79 percent of the population are Catholic, 17 percent Protestant. Women make up 55 percent of the province's population.

structure

The province is divided into the following two municipalities :

• 05-0601 Municipio Cotagaita - 31,602 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
• 05-0602 Municipio Vitichi - 10,646 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Nor Chichas

• Municipio Cotagaita
  • Cotagaita pop. 3931 - Tasna Rosario pop 2309 - Ramadas pop 996 - Sagrario 889 pop - Tasna Buen Retiro pop 796 - Totora I pop 724 - Iricsina pop 668 - Toropalca pop 513 - Ascanty pop 491 - Tres Cruces 491 pop - Tablaya Chica 487 pop - Villa Concepción 378 pop - Pampa Grande 132 pop - Cornaca 323 pop - Tumusla 279 pop - Manzanal 260 pop - Calila 244 pop - Laytapi 210 pop - Vichacla 198 Pop . - Mocko Pata Pop . 87 - Jolquencho Pop. 86 - San Antonio Pop . 65 - Mormorque Pop. 60 - Chati Pop .

• Municipio Vitichi
  • Yawisla 1023 pop - Ayoma Baja 521 pop - Vitichi 394 pop - Estumilla 307 pop - Ari Palca 291 pop - Calcha 285 pop - Ara 117 pop.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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

• Potosí Department - Social data (PDF 5.36 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Cotagaita - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.54 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Vitichi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 764 kB) ( Spanish )