Potosí Department

- 20.666666666667 - 66.666666666667Koordinaten: 20 ° 40 ' S, 66 ° 40 ' W

This Potosí Department is located in the southwest of Bolivia and has an area of ​​118,218 km ², living on the 798 664 inhabitants ( 2012). It is mainly mountainous wasteland, a vast plateau in the west. In this lies the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt lake in the world.

Population

The inhabitants of the department has increased over the past sixty years by more than half:

Because of the historical population distribution, the Potosí Department in a high percentage of Quechua population; speak of the more than 6- years and older, 78.3 percent of the Quechua language. (2001)

Provinces

This Potosí Department is divided into sixteen provinces ( Population figures are 2001 Census → Census 2012):

• Alonso de Ibáñez Province ( 27 755 → 27 970 )
• Antonio Quijarro province ( 37 428 → 54 947 )
• Bernardino Bilbao province ( 10,623 → 10,224 )
• Charcas Province ( 38 174 → 41 214 )
• Chayanta province ( 90 205 → 97 251 )
• Cornelio Saavedra Province ( 58,706 → 55,100 )
• Daniel Campos Province ( 5.067 → 5.850 )
• Enrique Baldivieso Province ( 1640 → 1684 ) (also: Enrique Valdivieso )
• José María Linares Province ( 51 412 → 49 619 )
• Modesto Omiste province ( 36 266 → 44 645 )
• Nor chichas province ( 35 323 → 42 248 )
• Nor Lípez province ( 10,460 → 14,057 )
• Rafael Bustillo Province ( 76 254 → 86 947 )
• Sur chichas province ( 47 873 → 55 879 ) (also: Sud chichas )
• Sur province Lípez ( 4905 → 6835 ) (also: Sud Lípez )
• Tomás Frías Province ( 176 922 → 229 047 ) ( among other things includes the city of Potosí )

Cities

Capital and largest city is Potosí, other major cities are of the border to Argentina, Villazon and Tupiza, Uyuni and Llallagua.

Policy

Comprehensive income in the regional elections of April 4, 2010 at Potosí Department: