Charcas Province

Charcas is a province in the northren pairts o the Bolivie Potosí Depairtment. Its caipital is San Pedro de Buena Vista (955 inhabitants in 2001).[1]

Charcas
Province
Banner o Charcas
Banner
Official seal of Charcas
Seal
Location o the Charcas Province athin Bolivie
Location o the Charcas Province athin Bolivie
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Coordinates: 18°16′S 65°50′W / 18.267°S 65.833°W / -18.267; -65.833
Kintra Bolivie
DepairtmentPotosí Depairtment
Municipalities2
Cantons12
CaipitalSan Pedro de Buena Vista
Area
 • Total3382 km2 (1,306 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total38,174
 • Density11.3/km2 (29/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Quechua
Area code(s)BO.PO.CR

Location eedit

Charcas province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 17° 57' an 18° 36' Sooth an atween 65° 21' an 66° 19' Wwst. It borders Bernardino Bilbao Province in the north, Alonso de Ibáñez Province in the northwast, Rafael Bustillo Province in the soothwast, Chayanta Province in the sooth, an Cochabamba Depairtment in the east.

The province extends ower 125 km frae East tae Wast an 100 km frae north tae sooth.

Diveesion eedit

The province comprises twa municipalities which are further subdividit intae cantons.

Section Municipality Seat
1st San Pedro de Buena Vista Municipality San Pedro de Buena Vista
2nt Toro Toro Municipality Toro Toro

Population eedit

The main leid o the province is Quechua, spoken bi 98%, while 34% o the population speak Spaingie. The population increased frae 31,233 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 38,174 (2001 census), an increase o 22.3%. Caipital o the province is San Pedro (955 inhabitants).

99.8 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 98.5% hae nae sanitary facilities. 72.0% o the population are employed in agricultur, 0.5% in minin, 12.2 % in industry, 15.3% in general services. 93% o the population are Catholics, 6% Protestants.

The fowk are predominantly indigenous ceetizens o Quechua strynd.[2]

Ethnic group San Pedro de Buena Vista Municipality (%) Toro Toro Municipality (%)
Quechua 86.5 94.2
Aymara 6.0 1.5
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.0 0.0
Nae indigenous 7.5 4.2
Ither indigenous groups 0.0 0.0

Places o interest eedit

References eedit

  1. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia
  2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)