Tomas Barrón Province

Tomas Barrón is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

Location

"Tomas Barrón" province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 34' and 17° 46' South and between 66° 56' and 67° 09' West.

The province borders La Paz Department in the North and West, and Cercado Province in the South and East.

The province extends over 30 km from North to South, and 25 km from East to West.

Population

Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 87 %, while 82 % of the population speak Aymara and 8 % Quechua (1992).

The population increased from 5,045 inhabitants (1992 census) to 5,424 (2001 census), an increase of 7.5 %. - 48 % of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992).

26 % of the population have no access to electricity, 95 % have no sanitary facilities (1992).

49 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 1 % in mining, 11 % in industry, 39 % in general services (2001).

66 % of the population are Catholics, 27 % are Protestants (1992).

Division

The province comprises only one municipio:
*Eucaliptus

External links

* [http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/oruro/t_tbarron.htm General map of province]
* [http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/oruro/tbarron.htm Detailed map of province towns and rivers]
* [http://www.ine.gov.bo/cgi-bin/PIWDGEOxx.EXE Population data (Spanish)]