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Atahuallpa Province
Atahuallpa is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.
Location
Atahuallpa province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18 35' and 19 39' South and between 67 31' and 68 39' West.
It borders Sajama Province in the North, the Republic of Chile and Puerto de Mejillones Province in the West, the Potosi Department in the Southwest, the Ladislao Cabrera Province in the Southeast, and the Litoral Province in the Northeast.
The province extends over 160 km from Northwest to Southeast, and 50 km from Northeast to Southwest.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 92 %, while 67 % of the population speak Aymara and 9 % Quechua. The population increased from 3,567 inhabitants (1992 census) to 7,114 (2001 census), an increase of almost 100 %. 40.7 % of the population is younger than 15 years old. Capital of the province is Sabaya.
xx % of the population have no access to electricity, xx % have no sanitary facilities. 66.4 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 1.6 % in mining, 4.9 % in industry, 27.1 % in general services (2001).
59 % of the population are Catholics, 32 % are Protestants (1992).
Division
The province comprises three municipios:
Chipaya
Coipasa
Sabaya
External links
Detailed map of province towns and rivers
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