Sud Cinti Province

- 20.916666666667 - 64.833333333333Koordinaten: 20 ° 55 ' S, 64 ° 50 ' W

The Sud Cinti Province (also: Sur Cinti ) is a province in the southwest part of the department of Chuquisaca in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location

The province is one of the ten provinces in the department of Chuquisaca. It is bordered to the west by the department of Potosí, to the south by the department of Tarija, in the east by the province Hernando Siles, and to the north by the province of Nor Cinti.

The province extends approximately between 20 ° 30 'and 21 ° 30' south latitude and 64 ° 10 ' and 65 ° 28 ' west longitude, their extent from west to east is up to 130 kilometers from north to south, up to 75 km.

Population

The population of the province of Sud Cinti has not changed significantly in the past two decades:

46.0 percent of the population are younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 64.0 percent. (1992)

96.6 percent of the population speak Spanish, 21.7 percent Quechua, Aymara 0.5 percent and 0.5 percent Guaraní. (1992)

90.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 86.5 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).

85.5 percent of the population are Catholics, 11.8 percent are Protestant (1992).

Structure

  • The municipality of Villa Abecia (also: Municipio Camataqui ) - 3,195 inhabitants ( 2001)
  • Municipio Culpina - 17,570 inhabitants ( 2001)
  • The municipality of Las Carreras - 3,556 inhabitants ( 2001)
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