Sur Chichas Province

Sur Chichas Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Potosí
Seat	Tupiza
surface	8516 km²
Residents	55,879 (2012)
density	6.6 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-P
View of the provincial capital Tupiza

Coordinates: 21 ° 0 ′  S , 66 ° 0 ′  W

Sur Chichas (also Sud Chichas ) is a province in the southeastern part of the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province of Sur Chichas is one of sixteen provinces in the Department of Potosí. It lies between 20 ° 51 'and 21 ° 50' south latitude and between 65 ° 15 'and 66 ° 30' west longitude . It borders in the north with the province of Nor Chichas , in the north-west with the province Antonio Quijarro , in the west with the province Nor Lípez and the province Sur Lípez , in the south with the Republic of Argentina and the province Modesto Omiste , in the southeast with the department Tarija , and to the east to the Chuquisaca department . The province extends for about 130 kilometers in east-west and north-south directions.

population

The population of Sur Chichas Province has increased slightly over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 52,308 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 47,873 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 55,879 inhabitants (census)

The most important idiom of the province with 96 percent is Spanish , and 59 percent speak Quechua . The capital of the province is Tupiza with 27,302 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).

45 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 74 percent live without sanitary facilities. 34 percent of the population work in agriculture, 11 percent in mining, 6 percent in industry, 49 percent in services. 88 percent of the population are Catholic, 8 percent Protestant.

structure

The province is divided into the following two municipalities :

• 05-0801 Municipio Tupiza - 44,653 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
• 05-0802 Municipio Atocha - 11,226 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Sur Chichas

• Municipio Tupiza
  • Tupiza Pop 27,302 - Chuquiago pop 880 - Charaja pop 760 - Oploca pop 640 - Santa Rosa pop 560 - Thola Mayo pop 498 - Esmoraca pop 334 - Peña Amarilla pop 286 - Quiriza pop 271 - San Miguel 237 pop - Suipacha 225 pop - Hornillos 166 pop - Oro Ingenio 166 pop - Villa Pacheco 141 pop - Talina 119 pop - Chillco 112 pop - Peña Blanca del Carmen 76 pop .

• Municipio Atocha
  • Atocha pop 2240 - Santa Bárbara pop 2221 - Animas pop 1599 - Siete Suyos pop 1223 - Telamayu pop 1021 - Tatasi pop 770 - San Vicente pop 724 - Cotani pop 118 - Chocaya pop 95 - Guadalupe 34 Pop. - Escoriani 21 Pop. - Portugalete 16 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 Atocha - detailed map and population data (PDF; 625 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Tupiza - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.1 MB) ( Spanish )