Sud Carangas Province
Sud Carangas is a province in the central pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Oruro.
| 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 eedit
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 eedit
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 eedit
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 eedit
- 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