Larecaja Province

- 15.833333333333 - 68.166666666667Koordinaten: 15 ° 50 ' S, 68 ° 10' W

Larecaja is one of twenty provinces in the central part of the department of La Paz in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location

The province is located on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Real east of Lake Titicaca and is bordered to the north by the Province Franz Tamayo, in the northwest of the province of Bautista Saavedra, on the west by the province Muñecas, on the southwest by the province Omasuyos, to the south by the Province of Los Andes, on the southeast by the province Murillo, on the east by the province Caranavi, and on the northeast by the province of Sud Yungas.

The province extends from about 15 ° 04 'and 16 ° 05 ' south latitude and 67 ° 27 ' and 68 ° 49 ' west longitude, its extent from east to west is 125 kilometers from north to south 100 km.

Population

The population of the province Larecaja has hardly changed over the past two decades:

39.9 percent of the population are younger than 15 years. (1992)

The literacy rate in the province is 77.0 percent. (1992)

83.2 percent of the population speak Spanish, 59.5 percent speak Aymara, Quechua and 19.8 percent. (1992)

68.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 83.9 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).

81.7 percent of the population are Catholics, 14.8 percent are Protestant (1992).

Structure

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

  • Municipio Combaya - 2,433 inhabitants (Update 2010)
  • Municipio Guanay - 11,433 inhabitants
  • Municipio Mapiri - 9,554 inhabitants
  • Municipio Quiabaya - 2,858 inhabitants
  • Municipio Sorata - 21,117 inhabitants
  • Municipio Tacacoma - 5,478 inhabitants
  • Municipio Teoponte - 7,051 inhabitants
  • Municipio Tipuani - 6,155 inhabitants
Departamento La Paz Department (Bolivia) Administrative centre Franz Tamayo Province Bautista Saavedra Province Los Andes Province (Bolivia) Caranavi Province Sud Yungas Province Aymara language Municipios of Bolivia Quiabaya Municipality Sorata Municipality Tacacoma Municipality Teoponte Municipality Tipuani Municipality Beni Department Chuquisaca Department Cochabamba Department Oruro Department Pando Department Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Tarija Department Abel Iturralde Province Aroma Province Eliodoro Camacho Province Gualberto Villarroel Province Ingavi Province Inquisivi Province Loayza Province Nor Yungas Province Pacajes Province
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