Chayanta Province

- 18.433333333333 - 65.516666666667Koordinaten: 18 ° 26 ' S, 65 ° 31 ' W

Chayanta is a province in the northern part of the department of Potosí in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location

The Chayanta province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It extends between 18 ° 23 'and 19 ° 6' south latitude and between 65 ° 23 ' and 66 ° 19 ' west longitude. It is bordered on the north by the province of Charcas, in the northwest of the province Rafael Bustillo, on the west by the department of Oruro, on the south by the province of Tomás Frías, on the southeast by the provincial Cornelio Saavedra, and on the east by the department of Chuquisaca. The province extends about 125 km in east-west direction and 100 kilometers in north-south direction.

Population

The population of the province Chayanta has risen in the past two decades by about a third:

The most important idiom of the province with 79 percent Quechua. 97 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 98 percent have no sanitary facilities. The provincial capital is Colquechaca with 1666 inhabitants. 74 percent of the population work in agriculture, 1 percent in mining, 13 percent in industry, 12 percent in services.

Structure

The province is divided into the following four counties ( bolivian: municipios ):

  • Municipio Colquechaca - 34,722 inhabitants ( census 2012)
  • Municipio Ocurí - 16,448 inhabitants
  • Municipio Pocoata - 25 648 inhabitants
  • Municipio Ravelo - 20 765 inhabitants
Departamento Administrative centre Charcas Province Rafael Bustillo Province Oruro Department Cornelio Saavedra Province Chuquisaca Department Municipios of Bolivia Ravelo Municipality Beni Department Cochabamba Department La Paz Department (Bolivia) Pando Department Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Tarija Department Antonio Quijarro Province Bernardino Bilbao Province Daniel Campos Province Enrique Baldivieso Province Modesto Omiste Province Nor Chichas Province Sud Chichas Province
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