Yamparáez Province

Yamparáez Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Chuquisaca
Seat	Tarabuco
surface	1472 km²
Residents	26,577 (2012 census)
density	18 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-H
Chuquisaca Department

Coordinates: 19 ° 10 ′  S , 64 ° 58 ′  W

Yamparáez 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 the province of Oropeza to the west, the Department of Potosí to the south , and the province of Jaime Zudáñez to the east and north .

The province extends approximately between 18 ° 51 'and 19 ° 23' south latitude and 64 ° 43 'and 65 ° 12' west longitude, its extent from west to east is 50 kilometers, from north to south 55 kilometers.

population

The population of the Yamparáez province has decreased by about 15 percent over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 31,263 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 29,567 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 26,577 inhabitants (census)

The population of the village has increased by more than half in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	31 263	census
2001	29 567	census
2012	26 577	census

45.0 percent of the population is younger than 15 years , the literacy rate in the province is 46.7 percent. (1992)

34.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 98.5 percent Quechua , and 0.2 percent Aymara . (1992)

85.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 93.8 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

94.7 percent of the population are Catholic , 2.7 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Yamparáez is divided into two municipalities :

• Municipio Tarabuco - 16,466 inhabitants (2012 census)
• Municipio Yamparáez - 10,111 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Yamparáez

• Municipio Tarabuco
  • Tarabuco 2977 pop - Pampa Lupiara 882 pop - Cororo 738 pop - Lajas Sijlla 625 pop - San José de Paredon 620 pop - Vila Vila 275 pop - Pajcha 113 pop.

• Municipio of Yamparáez
  • Yamparáez 1124 pop - Sotomayor 729 pop - Molle Punku de Yamparáez 642 pop - Lavadero 205 pop.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
3. ↑ GEOHive according to: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2013
4. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
5. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
6. ↑ 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 Tarabuco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 394 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Yamparáez - detailed map and population data (PDF; 307 kB) ( Spanish )