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Ladislao Cabrera Province
Ladislao Cabrera is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.
Location
Ladislao Cabrera province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 19 02' and 19 56' South and between 66 35' and 67 43' West.
The province borders Sud Carangas Province in the North, Atahuallpa Province in the West, Potosi Department in the South, Eduardo Avaroa Province in the East, and Sebastian Pagador Province in the Northeast.
The province extends over 100 km from North to South, and 125 km from East to West.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Aymara, spoken by 90.5 %, while 86.4 % of the population speak Spanish and 19.7 % Quechua.
The population increased from 7,363 inhabitants (1992 census) to 11,698 (2001 census), an increase of 59 %. - 42.5 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.
99.9 % of the population have no access to electricity, 90.0 % have no sanitary facilities.
82.4 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1 % in mining, 1.8 % in industry, 15.7 % in general services (2001).
85.4 % of the population are Catholics, 10.2 % are Protestants (1992).
Division
The province comprises two municipios:
Pampa Aullagas
Salinas de Garci Mendoza
External links
Detailed map of province towns and rivers
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