Tapacarí Province

Tapacarí is a province in the Cochabamba Depairtment, Bolivie. Its caipital is Tapacarí. The province is locatit at a turnaff frae the major heich-gate that links Cochabamba an Oruro. It haes traditionally been amangst the poorest in the depairtment. Tapacarí Province an neebourin Arque Province are the twa poorest o the 16 provinces that mak up the depairtment o Cochabamba.

Tapacarí Province

Location o Tapacarí Province athin Bolivie
General Data
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Cochabamba Depairtment
Caipital	Tapacarí
Municipalities	1
Cantons	4
Aurie	1,500 km²
Elevation	3,500 m
Population	19,202 (1992) 25,919 (2001)
Densitie	17.3 inhabitants/km² (2001)
Sub-prefect
Leids	Quechua, Spaingie, Aymara
ISO 3166-2	BO.CB.TP
Cochabamba Depairtment

Geography

The approximate altitude o the province is 3,000 meters abuin sea level. The terrain is vera rough.

Subdiveesion

The province is no further subdividit intae municipalities. So Tapacarí Municipality an Tapacarí Province are identical. The province is dividit intae fower cantons.

Canton	Inhabitants (2001)	Seat
Challa Canton	6,061	Challa
Leque Canton	3,911	Leque
Ramadas Canton	6,508	Ramadas
Tapacarí Canton	9,429	Tapacarí

Fowk

Ethnic group	Inhabitants (%)
Quechua	64.1
Aymara	31.4
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.0
No indigenous	4.5
Ither indigenous groups	0.0

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Leids

The leids spoken in the Tapacarí Province are mainly Quechua, Spaingie an Aymara.

Leid	Inhabitants
Quechua	18,806
Aymara	8,187
Guaraní	5
Anither native	6
Spaingie	8,213
Foreign	15
Anerlie native	16,018
Native an Spaingie	7,947
Anerlie Spaingie	266

Transport

There are virtually nae pavit roads in the entire province, wi the exception o the interdepartamental route linkin Cochabamba an Oruro an La Paz.

Places o interest

• Tunari Naitional Pairk

Freemit airtins

• Tapacarí Municipality (Tapacarí Province): Population data an map Archived 2016-03-29 at the Wayback Machine