Oropeza Province

Oropeza Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Chuquisaca
Seat	Sucre
surface	3943 km²
Residents	286,140 (2012 census)
density	73 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-H
Puente Méndez on the Río Pilcomayo , which is the border with the Department of Potosí

Coordinates: 18 ° 47 ′  S , 65 ° 17 ′  W

Oropeza is a province in the northwestern part of the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province is one of ten provinces in the Chuquisaca department. It borders on the Potosí Department in the north, west and south, the Yamparáez Province in the southeast, the Jaime Zudáñez Province in the east , and the Cochabamba Department in the northeast .

The province extends approximately between 18 ° 21 'and 19 ° 22' south latitude and 65 ° 00 'and 65 ° 42' west longitude, its extent from west to east is 40 kilometers, from north to south 110 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Oropeza has increased by almost two thirds in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	176 298	census
2001	241 376	census
2012	286 140	census

39.6 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 79.6 percent. (1992)

82.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 69.3 percent Quechua , and 1.7 percent Aymara . (1992)

29.8 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 41.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

92.0 percent of the population are Catholic , 5.1 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Oropeza is divided into the following three districts ( Bolivian Municipios ):

• 01-0101 Municipio Sucre - 259,388 inhabitants (2012)
• 01-0102 Municipio Yotala - 9,403 inhabitants
• 01-0103 Municipio Poroma - 17,349 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Oropeza

• Municipio Sucre
  • Sucre 237,480 pop - Surima 792 pop - Chaco 771 pop - Potolo 620 pop - Kora Kora 513 pop - Kuchu Tambo 505 pop - Chuqui Chuqui 403 pop - Quila Quila 393 pop - Sivisto 282 pop - Kacha Kacha pop. 279 - Mojotoro pop. 278 - Paredón pop. 254 - Maragua pop. 227 - Tajchi pop. 191 - Bella Vista pop . - Chaunaca pop . 188 - Punilla pop . 146 - Arabate popp. 140 - Cajamarca pop . - Sausal 67 pop.

• Municipio Yotala
  • Yotala 1522 pop - San Isidro de Anfaya 569 pop - Pulki 317 pop - Tambo Aqhachila 209 pop - Huayllas 111 pop - Mosoj Llaita 444 pop - Tasapampa 416 pop .

• Municipio Poroma
  • Poroma 680 pop - La Barranca 421 pop - Huañoma 301 pop - Chijmuri 228 pop - Piocera 224 pop - Pojpo 168 pop - Sapse 150 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

• Departamento Chuquisaca - social data (PDF 4.32 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Sucre - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Yotala - detailed map and population data (PDF; 342 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Poroma - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )