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Cercado Province, Oruro
Cercado is a province in the northeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its capital is Oruro. The hamlet of Paria, established in 1535, was the first Spanish settlement in Bolivia and previously had been a regional capital of the Inca Empire. Paria is located in Soracachi municipality. Location Cercado province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 22' and 18° 35' South and between 66° 21' and 67° 20' West. It borders Tomas Barrón Province and La Paz Department in the northwest, Nor Carangas Province and Saucarí Province in the west, Poopó Province and Pantaléon Dalence Province in the southeast, and Cochabamba Department in the east and north. The province extends over 135 km from North to South, and 105 km from east to west. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Population The main language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 96.7%, 43.3% of the population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Bolivia
A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces. The country's provinces are further divided into 337 municipalities which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council. List of provinces Beni Department Chuquisaca Department Cochabamba Department La Paz Department Oruro Department Pando Department Potosí Department Santa Cruz Department Tarija Department See also * Departments of Bolivia * Municipalities of Bolivia Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of ... Sources Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Bolivia(Spanish) {{Articles on second-level administrative divisions of South American countries Subd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longitude
Longitude (, ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter lambda (λ). Meridians are semicircular lines running from pole to pole that connect points with the same longitude. The prime meridian defines 0° longitude; by convention the International Reference Meridian for the Earth passes near the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England on the island of Great Britain. Positive longitudes are east of the prime meridian, and negative ones are west. Because of the Earth's rotation, there is a close connection between longitude and time measurement. Scientifically precise local time varies with longitude: a difference of 15° longitude corresponds to a one-hour difference in local time, due to the differing position in relation to the Sun. Comparing local time to an absolute measure of time allows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quechua Language
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian language family of the Americas, with an estimated 8–10 million speakers as of 2004.Adelaar 2004, pp. 167–168, 255. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language family of the Inca Empire. The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian War of Independence, Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. As a result, Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. History Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichhu Qullu (Cercado)
Wichhu Qullu (Aymara ''jichu, wichhu'' ''stipa ichu'', ''qullu'' mountain, "''ichu'' mountain", also spelled ''Wichu Kkollu'') is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The departme ..., Cercado Province, Paria Municipality (formerly Soracachi). Wichhu Qullu lies southwest of Wayllani and southeast of Kuntur Ikiña. References {{Oruro Department Mountains of Oruro Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayllani
Wayllani (Aymara ''waylla'' ''Stipa obtusa'', a kind of feather grass, ''-ni'' a suffix, "the one with the feather grass", also spelled ''Huayllani'') is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The departme ..., Cercado Province, Paria Municipality (formerly Soracachi). Wayllani lies east of Jach'a Ch'ankha and southeast of Chunkara. References {{Oruro Department Mountains of Oruro Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jach'a Ch'ankha
Jach'a Ch'ankha (Aymara ''jach'a'' big, great, ''ch'ankha'' wool cord, "great cord", also spelled ''Jachcha Chankha'') is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Cercado Province, Paria Municipality (formerly Soracachi), 16 km east of Oruro Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately above sea level. It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by populat .... Jach'a Ch'ankha lies near the villages of Paya Payani in the northeast, Qala Qala in the south and Irsuma in the southwest. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacha Chankha Mountains of Oruro Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunkara (Bolivia)
Chunkara (Aymara for "pointed mountain", also spelled ''Chuncara'') is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Cercado Province, Paria Municipality (formerly Soracachi). Chunkara lies northeast of Jach'a Ch'ankha Jach'a Ch'ankha (Aymara ''jach'a'' big, great, ''ch'ankha'' wool cord, "great cord", also spelled ''Jachcha Chankha'') is a mountain in the Andes in Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Cercado Province, Paria Municipality (formerly .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chunkara (Bolivia) Mountains of Oruro Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa Jach'a Suyu, es, Departamento de Cochabamba , qu, Quchapampa Suyu), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from its geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km2. Its population in the 2012 census was 1,758,143. Its capital is the city of Cochabamba, known as the "City of Eternal Spring" and "The Garden City" because of its spring-like temperatures all year. History The Cochabamba valley was inhabited for over a thousand years due to its fertile productive soils and climate. Archaeological evidence suggests that the initial valley inhabitants were of various ethnic indigenous groups. Tiwanaku, Tupuraya, Mojocoya, Omereque and Inca inhabited the valley at various times before the Spanish arrived. The first Spanish inhabitant of the Valley was Garci Ruiz de Orell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poopó Province
Poopó is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its seat is Poopó. Location Poopó province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 15' and 18° 50' South and between 66° 19' and 66° 54' West. The province borders Pantaléon Dalence Province in the northeast, Cercado Province in the northwest, Saucarí Province in the west, Sud Carangas Province in the southwest, Eduardo Avaroa Province in the south, and Potosí Department in the east. The province extends over 70 km (43.5 mi) from north to south, and 70 km (43.5 mi) from east to west. Geography The province lies east of the Desaguadero River and Poopó Lake. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:BIGM map 1:50,000 Huanuni 6239-III Population The main language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 86%. In addition to Spanish, 78% of the population speak Quechua and 22% Aymara (1992). The population d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saucarí Province
Saucarí is a province in the central area of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its seat is Toledo. Location Saucarí province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 50' and 18° 47' South and between 66° 47' and 67° 17' West. The province borders Cercado Province in the north and east, Nor Carangas Province in the northwest, Carangas Province in the west, Sud Carangas Province in the south, and Poopó Province in the southeast. The province extends over 115 km from North to South, and 40 km from East to West. Population The main language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 84%, 83% of the population speak Aymara and 37% speak Quechua (1992). The population increased from 5,569 inhabitants (1992 census) to 7,763 (2001 census), an increase of 39%. - 33.6% of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992). 82% of the population have no access to electricity, 96% have no sanitary facilities (1992). 75.2% of the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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