San Pedro de Totora Province
- San Pedro de Totora Province
San Pedro de Totora is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.
Location
"San Pedro de Totora" province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 41' and 18° 06' South and between 67° 33' and 67° 58' West.
The province borders La Paz Department in the North, Sajama Province in the West and Southwest, Carangas Province in the Southeast, and Nor Carangas Province in the East.
The province extends over 50 km from North to South, and 45 km from East to West.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Aymara, spoken by 90 %, while 72.5 % of the population speak Spanish and 3 % Quechua (1992).
The population increased from 4,040 inhabitants (1992 census) to 4,941 (2001 census), an increase of 22.3 %. - 43 % of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992).
99 % of the population have no access to electricity, 94 % have no sanitary facilities (1992).
83.5 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 4 % in industry, 12.5 % in general services (2001).
64 % of the population are Catholics, 25 % are Protestants (1992).
Division
The province comprises only one municipio:
*Curahuara de Carangas
*Totora
External links
* [http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/oruro/t_sptotora.htm General map of province]
* [http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/oruro/sptotora.htm Detailed map of province towns and rivers]
* [http://www.ine.gov.bo/cgi-bin/PIWDGEOxx.EXE Population data (Spanish)]
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