- Eduardo Avaroa Province
Eduardo Avaroa (or: "Abaroa") is a
province in the southeastern parts of theBolivia n 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 andLadislao Cabrera Province in the West, andPotosí 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 speakQuechua 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
municipio s:
*Challapata
*Santuario de QuillacasExternal 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)]
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