Eduardo Avaroa Province

Eduardo Avaroa (or: "Abaroa") is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

Location

"Eduardo Avaroa" province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 39' and 19° 30' South and between 65° 42' and 66° 42' West.

The province borders Poopó Province in the Northwest, Sud Carangas Province and Ladislao Cabrera Province in the West, and Potosí Department in the South and East. Furthermore, Sebastián Pagador Province is embedded between the two municipios of Eduardo Avaroa province.

The province extends over 90 km from North to South, and 100 km from East to West.

Population

Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 78.3 %, while 71.9 % of the population speak Quechua and 23.0 % Aymara.

The population increased from 23,147 inhabitants (1992 census) to 27,675 (2001 census), an increase of 19.6 %. - 44.1 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.

82 % of the population have no access to electricity, 94 % have no sanitary facilities.

68.9 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.5 % in mining, 6.9 % in industry, 23.7 % in general services (2001).

86.6 % of the population are Catholics, 11.9 % are Protestants (1992).

Division

The province comprises two municipios:
*Challapata
*Santuario de Quillacas

External links

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