Nor Chichas Province

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Nor chichas is a province in the eastern part of the department of Potosí in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location

The Nor Chicas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It lies between 20 ° 01 'and 21 ° 08' south latitude and between 65 ° 13 ' and 66 ° 17' west longitude. It is bordered on the north by the province of José María Linares, on the west by the province Antonio Quijarro, to the south by the province chichas Sur, and on the east by the department of Chuquisaca. The province extends about 120 km in east-west direction and 140 km in north-south direction.

Population

The population of the province of Nor chichas has risen in the past two decades by about a tenth:

The most important idiom of the province with 99.5 percent Quechua, In addition, 69 percent speak Spanish. The provincial capital is Cotagaita.

92 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 87 percent have no sanitary facilities. 73 percent of the population work in agriculture, 4.5 percent in mining, 4 percent in industry, 18.5 percent in services. 79 percent of the population is Catholic, 17 percent Protestant. Women make up 55 percent of the population of the province.

Structure

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

  • Municipio Cotagaita - 23,621 inhabitants (Update 2010)
  • Municipio Vitichi - 9,376 inhabitants
Departamento Administrative centre Santiago de Cotagaita Antonio Quijarro Province Sud Chichas Province Chuquisaca Department Municipios of Bolivia Vitichi Municipality Beni Department Cochabamba Department La Paz Department (Bolivia) Oruro Department Pando Department Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Tarija Department Bernardino Bilbao Province Charcas Province Chayanta Province Cornelio Saavedra Province Daniel Campos Province Enrique Baldivieso Province Modesto Omiste Province Rafael Bustillo Province
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