Carangas is a
province in the northern parts of the
Bolivia
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department
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Government and military
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of
Oruro.
Location
''Carangas'' province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 59' and 18° 54'
South
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Etymology
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and between 67° 09' and 67° 45'
West.
It borders
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 ...
in the northwest,
Sajama Province in the west,
Litoral Province in the southwest,
Sud Carangas Province
Sud Carangas is a Provinces of Bolivia, province in the central parts of the Bolivian Departments of Bolivia, department of Oruro Department, Oruro.
Location
Sud Carangas province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is loc ...
in the southeast,
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 ...
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
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.
79.8% of the population are employed in
agriculture, 0.1% in mining, 3.5% in
industry, 16.6% in
general services (2001).
72% of the population are
Catholics
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, 23% are
Protestants
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(1992).
Division
The province comprises two
municipalities which are further subdivided into
cantons
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.
See also
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Jach'a Jawira
*
Jayu Quta
*
Kimsa Chata
*
Parina Quta
*
Qullpa Jawira
External links
Population data (Spanish)
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Provinces of Oruro Department