Sabaya (formerly: Atahuallpa) is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

in the central parts of the

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n Oruro Department. Its seat is

Sabaya Sabaya is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department. In 2001 it had a population of 573 inhabitants in 2001. Sabaya is the administrative center of the Sabaya Province and the Sabaya Municipality alike. It is located south-west of Oruro, the ...

Location

Sabaya Province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 35' and 19° 39'

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and between 67° 31' and 68° 39'

West West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

. It borders Sajama Province in the north, the Republic of

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and

Puerto de Mejillones Province Puerto de Mejillones is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. It is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. Its seat is La Rivera. Location The province is located between 18° 53' and 19° 16' Sout ...

in the west, the Potosí Department in the southwest, the

Ladislao Cabrera Province Ladislao Cabrera is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. It is named after Ladislao Cabrera (1830 – 1921). Its seat is Salinas de Garci Mendoza. Location Ladislao Cabrera is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro ...

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.

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the province is

Pukintika Pukintika (Aymara ''puki'' white soil, ''tika'' adobe, Hispanicized spellings ''Puguintica, Puquintica'', ''Poquentica'', ''Puquentica'') is a volcano in the Andes, about 5,407 m (17,740 ft) high, situated in the Cordillera Occide ...

on the border to

. Other mountains are listed below:BIGM map 1:50,000 Cerro Capitan Hoja 5837-III

Climate

Population

The main

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in the province is Spanish, spoken by 92%, 67% of the population speak Aymara and 9% speak 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. 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

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which are further subdivided into

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References

External links

Population data (Spanish)
{{Authority control Provinces of Oruro Department