Sud Chichas Province
21- 66Koordinaten: 21 ° 0 ' S, 66 ° 0' W
Sur chichas (also: Sud chichas ) is a province in the southeastern part of the department of Potosí in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location
The chichas Sur province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It lies between 20 ° 51 'and 21 ° 50' south latitude and between 65 ° 15 ' and 66 ° 30 ' west longitude. It is bordered on the north by the province of Nor chichas, in the northwest of the province Antonio Quijarro, on the west by the province of Nor Lípez and the province Sur Lípez, to the south by the Republic of Argentina and the province Modesto Omiste, in the southeast on the department of Tarija and on the east by the department of Chuquisaca. The province extends about 130 km each in East-West and North -South direction.
Population
The population of the province Sur chichas has risen slightly over the past two decades:
The most important idiom of the province with 96 percent Spanish, in addition, 59 percent speak Quechua. The provincial capital is Tupiza.
45 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 74 percent have no sanitary facilities. 34 percent of the population work in agriculture, 11 percent in mining, 6 percent in industry, 49 percent in services. 88 percent of the population are Catholic, 8 percent Protestant.
Structure
The province is divided into the following two counties ( bolivian: municipios ):
- Municipio Atocha - 7,533 inhabitants (Update 2010)
- Municipality of Tupiza - 36 754 inhabitants