Inquisivi Province
- 16.833333333333 - 67.166666666667Koordinaten: 16 ° 50 ' S, 67 ° 10' W
Inquisivi is one of twenty provinces in the south-eastern part of the department of La Paz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location
The province is located on the Altiplano, the South American Andes Plateau, bordered to the north and northwest of the province of Sud Yungas, to the west by the province Loayza, to the south by the Oruro Department, and to the east by the department of Cochabamba.
The province extends from about 16 ° 13 'and 17 ° 38' south latitude and 66 ° 43 ' and 67 ° 30 ' west longitude, its extent from east to west is 75 kilometers from north to south 145 km.
Population
The population of the province Inquisivi has risen in the past two decades by about 15 percent:
44.4 percent of the population are younger than 15 years. (1992)
The literacy rate in the province is 75.6 percent. (1992)
81.5 percent of the population speak Spanish, 78.8 percent speak Aymara, Quechua and 20.0 percent. (1992)
77.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 90.4 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).
74.6 percent of the population are Catholics, 16.5 percent are Protestant (1992).
Structure
The Inquisivi province is divided into the following six counties ( bolivian: municipios ):
- Municipio Cajuata - 6,802 inhabitants (Update 2010)
- Municipio Colquiri - 20,295 inhabitants
- Municipio Ichoca - 7,556 inhabitants
- Municipio Inquisivi - 17,209 inhabitants
- Municipio Quime - 7,118 inhabitants
- Municipio Licoma Pampa - 3,145 inhabitants