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Totora Municipality, Oruro
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. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Curahuara de Carangas 5940-III 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% ... [...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] |
Carangas Province
Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Location ''Carangas'' province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 59' and 18° 54' South and between 67° 09' and 67° 45' West. It borders San Pedro de Totora Province in the northwest, Sajama Province in the west, Litoral Province in the southwest, Sud Carangas Province in the southeast, Saucarí Province in the east, and Nor Carangas Province in the northeast. The province extends over 105 km from North to South, and 75 km from east to west. Population The main language of the province is Aymara, spoken by 94%, while 84% of the population speak Spanish and 13% Quechua. The population increased from 7,930 inhabitants (1992 census) to 10,505 (2001 census), an increase of 32.5%. - 43.1% of the population is younger than 15 years old. 92.5% of the population have no access to electricity, 98.1% have no sanitary facilities. 79.8% of the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanka Tanka (Oruro)
Tanka Tanka ( Aymara ''tanka'' hat or biretta, the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)", also spelled ''Tankha Tankha'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, San Pedro de Totora Province. Tanka Tanka lies at the Sulluma River, southeast of Lluqu Lluqu Lluqu Lluqu (Aymara for heart, also spelled ''Llokho Llokho'') is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province Antonio Quijarro is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Potos .... References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukara (Marquirivi)
Pukara (Aymara for fortress, also spelled ''Pucara'') is a mountain in the Andes of 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 ..., San Pedro de Totora Province, west of the village of Marquirivi. References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukara (Huacanapi)
Pukara ( Aymara for fortress, also spelled ''Pucara'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Oruro Department, 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 betwe ..., west of the village of Huacanapi. References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukara (Antiti)
Pukara ( Aymara for fortress, also spelled ''Pucara'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Oruro Department, 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 betwe .... Pukara lies west of T'iwu ''(Tibo)'', southwest of the village and the mountain named Antiti at a lake named Ch'uxña Quta ("green lake", also spelled ''Chojña Kkota''). References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mañasu (Bolivia)
Mañasu ( Aymara for butcher, also spelled ''Mañazo'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, 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 betwe .... The Juch'us Jawira ("slim river") originates at the mountain. It flows to the northwest. References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lluqu Lluqu (Oruro)
Lluqu Lluqu ( Aymara for heart, also spelled ''Llokho Llokho'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Oruro Department, 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 betwe .... Lluqu Lluqu lies northeast of Japu Willk'i. References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiwuri (Totora)
Kiwuri ( Aymara canine tooth or tusk, ''-ri'' a suffix, also spelled ''Kiburi, Quiburi'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, 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 betwe .... References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japu Willk'i
Japu Willk'i ( Aymara ''japu'' ember; floury, ''willk'i'' gap, "ember gap" or "floury gap", also spelled ''Japu Willkhi'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Oruro Department, 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 betwe .... Japu Willk'i lies at the Sulluma River, southeast of Ch'alla Willk'i. References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janq'u Jaqhi (Totora)
Janq'u Jaqhi ( Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''jaqhi'' precipice, cliff, "white cliff", also spelled ''Jankho Jakke'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Oruro Department, San Pedro de Totora Province. Janq'u Jaqhi lies west of Mañasu and south of Pukara Pukara (Aymara and Quechuan "fortress", Hispanicized spellings ''pucara, pucará'') is a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic and historic inhabitants of the central Andean area (from Ecuador to central Chile and nor ... between the Milluri River in the east and the Sulluma River in the west. References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jach'a Ch'utu (Oruro)
Jach'a Ch'utu ( Aymara ''jach'a'' big, ''ch'utu'' peak of a mountain, top of the head, "big peak", also spelled ''Jachcha Chutu'') is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Oruro Department, 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 betwe .... Jach'a Ch'utu lies southeast of Yapu Qullu. The Turi Jawira originates east of the mountain. It flows to the Jach'a Jawira ("big river") in the southwest. References Mountains of Oruro Department {{Oruro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |