Quillacollo Province

Quillacollo Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba
Seat	Quillacollo
surface	720 km²
Residents	335,999 (2012)
density	467 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-C

Coordinates: 17 ° 20 ′  S , 66 ° 15 ′  W

Quillacollo is a province in the southwestern part of the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province is one of sixteen provinces in the department of Cochabamba. It borders in the northwest on the province of Ayopaya , in the northeast on the province of Chapare , in the east on the province of Cercado , in the southeast on the province of Capinota , in the south on the province of Arque and in the west on the province of Tapacarí .

The province extends between about 17 ° 03 'and 17 ° 42' south latitude and 66 ° 02 'and 66 ° 30' west longitude, its extension from west to east is 30 kilometers, from north to south 75 kilometers.

Together with Cercado and Sacaba , Quillacollo forms the Kanata metropolitan region, which was founded in 2014 .

population

The population of the province of Quillacollo has more than doubled in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	145.197	census
2001	246,803	census
2012	335.999	census

41.2 percent of the population are younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 86.1 percent. (1992)

90.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 71.9 percent Quechua , and 0.6 percent Aymara . (1992)

22.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 53.0 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

88.0 percent of the population are Catholic , 8.3 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Quillacollo is divided into five municipalities :

• 03-0901 Municipio Quillacollo - 137,029 inhabitants ( 2001: 104,206 inhabitants )
• 03-0902 Municipio Sipe Sipe - 41,537 inhabitants ( 2001: 31,337 inhabitants )
• 03-0903 Municipio Tiquipaya - 53,668 inhabitants ( 2001: 37,791 inhabitants )
• 03-0904 Municipio Vinto - 51,869 inhabitants ( 2001: 31,489 inhabitants )
• 03-0905 Municipio Colcapirhua - 51,896 inhabitants ( 2001: 41,980 inhabitants )

Localities in the province of Quillacollo

• Municipio Quillacollo
  • Quillacollo 117,859 pop - Pandoja 6611 pop - El Paso 5964 pop - Cotapachi 774 pop - Apote (El Paso) 520 pop - Apote (Pasomayu) 499 pop .

• Municipio Sipe Sipe
  • Sipe Sipe 11,826 inh. - Parotani 2434 inh. - Mallco Rancho 1919 inh. - Coachaca Chico 1782 inh. - Mallco Chapi 1776 inh. - Vinto Chico 1711 inh. - Huañacahua 1598 inh. - Sauce Rancho 1574 inh. - Payacollo 1,127 inhabitants. - Suticollo 1015 pop - Tajra 996 pop - Itapaya 744 pop - Valle Hermoso 638 pop - Sorata 607 pop - Sindicato Pirhuas 587 pop - Viloma Cala Cala 574 pop - Collpa Centro 548 pop - Sindicato Siqui Siquia 538 Pop - Pirque 484 pop

• Municipio Tiquipaya
  • Tiquipaya 49,237 pop - Chapisirca 562 pop

• Municipio Vinto
  • Vinto 40,786 pop - Pairumani 1,391 pop - Combuyo 1,199 pop - Viloma Grande 1,068 pop - Potrero 932 pop - Coachaca Grande 743 pop - Falsuri 652 pop - Thiomoko 583 pop - Vilomilla 546 pop

• Municipio Colcapirhua
  • Colcapirhua 51,896 pop.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 533 Creación de la Región Metropolitana Kanata - Cochabamba (May 27, 2014)
2. ↑ Cedib on Región Metropolitana Kanata - Cochabamba (May 27, 2014)
3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
4. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
5. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012

Web links

• Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF 7.77 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Colcapirhua - detailed map and population data (PDF; 200 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Quillacollo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 434 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Sipe Sipe - detailed map and population data (PDF; 440 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Tiquipaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 377 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Vinto - detailed map and population data (PDF; 295 kB) ( Spanish )