Tiraque Province

Tiraque Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba
Seat	Tiraque
surface	1739 km²
Residents	41,954 (2012)
density	24 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-C

Coordinates: 17 ° 20 ′  S , 65 ° 40 ′  W

Tiraque is one of sixteen provinces in the central part of the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province extends from the heights of the Bolivian Cordillera Oriental down to the tropical lowlands of the Río Chapare . It is bordered to the west by the province of Chapare , to the southwest by the province of Punata , to the south by the province of Arani , and to the east by the province of Carrasco .

The province extends roughly between 16 ° 53 'and 17 ° 31' south latitude and 65 ° 37 'and 66 ° 18' west longitude, its extent from west to east is up to 50 kilometers, from north to south 65 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Tiraque has increased by about half in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	31 315	census
2001	35 017	census
2012	41 954	census

44.8 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 70.8 percent. (1992)

0.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 96.2 percent Quechua , and 3.0 percent Aymara . (1992)

88.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 69.1 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

84.7 percent of the population are Catholic , 13.1 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Tiraque has been divided into two municipalities since 2009 :

• 03-1601 Municipio Tiraque - 21,113 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
• 03-1602 Municipio Shinahota - 20,841 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Tiraque

• Municipio Tiraque
  • Tiraque 2,398 pop - Boquerón Alto 560 pop - Palca 555 pop - Sancayani Bajo 531 pop

• Municipio Shinahota
  • Shinahota 5669 pop - Ibuelo 1147 pop - Simón Bolívar 743 pop - San Isidro 654 pop - San Luis 636 pop - Centro Poblado Lauca Eñe 505 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

• Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF 7.77 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipios Tiraque and Shinahota - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )