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Los Andes Province (Bolivia)
Los Andes is one of the twenty provinces in the central parts of the Bolivian La Paz Department.
Location
Los Andes province is located between 16 00' and 16 47' South and between 68 08' and 68 45' West. It extends over 90 km from North to South, and 75 km from East to West.
The province is situated on the south-eastern shores of Lake Titicaca and borders Omasuyos Province in the Northwest, Ingavi Province in the South, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the East, and Larecaja Province in the North.
Population
The population of Los Andes Province has increased by 20 % over the recent two decades:
1992: 62,185 inhabitants (census)
2001: 69,636 inhabitants (census)
2005: 74,693 inhabitants (est.)
2010: 76,181 inhabitants (est.)
63.8 % of the population speak Spanish, 96.2 % speak Aymara, and 0.1 % Quechua. (2001)
The literacy rate of the province's population is 81.1 %, with 90.6 % among males and 72.4 % among females. (2001)
Infant mortality from 1992 (6.8 %) to 2001 (7.3 %) has remained high over that decade.
63.5 % of the population have no access to electricity, 70.1 % have no sanitary facilities. (2001)
57.5 % of the households have a radio, 13.0 % a TV-set, 32.4 % a bike, 1.1 % a motorbike, 2.5 % a car, 0.4 % a fridge, 0.9 % a phone. (2001)
71.5 % of the population are Catholics, 24.2 % are Protestants. (1992)
Division
The province comprises four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.
External links
General map of province
Detailed map of province towns and rivers
Population data (Spanish)
Social data (Spanish)
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