Cercado Province, Oruro

Cercado is a province in the northeastren pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Oruro.

Cercado

Location in Bolivie
Main Data
Caipital	Oruro
Aurie	5,162 km²
Population	241,230 (2001)
Densitie	46.7 inhabitants/km² (2001)
ISO 3166-2	BO.OR.CE

Location

Cercado province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Oruro Depairtment. It is locatit atween 17° 22' an 18° 35' Sooth an atween 66° 21' an 67° 20' Wast.

It borders Tomas Barrón Province an La Paz Depairtment in the northwast, Nor Carangas Province an Saucarí Province in the wast, Poopó Province an Pantaléon Dalence Province in the sootheast, an Cochabamba Depairtment in the east an north.

The province extends ower 135 km frae north tae sooth, an 105 km frae east tae wast.

Population

Main idiom o the province is Spaingie, spoken bi 96.7%, while 43.3% o the population speak Quechua an 25.5% Aymara.

The population increased frae 213,755 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 241,230 (2001 census), an increase o 12.9%. - 39.4% o the population is younger than 15 year auld.

18.6% o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 67.5% hae nae sanitary facilities.

16.3% o the population are employed in agricultur, 1.8% in minin, 11.9% in industrie, 70.0% in general services (2001).

83.0% o the population are Catholics, 13.5% are Protestants (1992).

Diveesion

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

Section	Municipality	Seat
Capital Municipality	Oruro Municipality	Oruro
1st	Caracollo Municipality	Caracollo
2nd	El Choro Municipality	El Choro
3rd	Soracachi Municipality	Soracachi

Freemit airtins

• General map o province Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Detailed map o province touns an rivers Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Population data (Spaingie) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine