Sud Carangas Province

Sud Carangas is a province in the central pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Oruro.

Sud Carangas

Location in Bolivie
Main Data
Caipital	Andamarca
Aurie	3,731 km²
Population	6,136 (2001)
Density	1.6 indwallers/km² (2001)
ISO 3166-2	BO.OR.SC

Location

Sud Carangas province is ane o the saxteen provinces in the Oruro Depairtment. It is locatit atween 18° 38' an 19° 09' Sooth an atween 66° 37' an 67° 34' Wast.

The province borders Saucarí Province in the North, Carangas Province in the Northwast, Litoral Province in the Wast, Ladislao Cabrera Province in the Sooth, Sebastián Pagador Province in the Sootheast, Eduardo Avaroa Province in the East, an Poopó Province in the Northeast. The province borders Poopó Lake in the East.

The province extends ower 60 km frae North tae Sooth, an 100 km frae East tae Wast.

Population

Main idiom o the province is Aymara, spoken bi 96.5 %, while 78.1 % o the population speak Spaingie an 46.0 % Quechua (1992).

The population increased frae 4,028 indwallers (1992 census) tae 6,136 (2001 census), an increase o 52 %. - 41.1 % o the population are younger than 15 year auld (1992).

99.9 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 98.7 % hae nae sanitary facilities (1992).

77.9 % o the population are employed in agriculture, 4.1 % in industry, 18.0 % in general services (2001).

74.8 % o the population are Catholics, 18.9 % are Protestants (1992).

Diveesion

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

Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	Andamarca Municipality	Andamarca
2nt	Belén de Andamarca Municipality	Belén de Andamarca

Freemit airtins

• General map o province Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Detailed map o province touns an rivers Archived 2008-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Population data (Spaingie) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine