Nor Lípez is a

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in the

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Potosí Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal . For centuries, it was the location o ...

. Its seat is Colcha "K", also called Villa Martín. The majority of the area of the province was titled as the Nor Lípez Native Community Land on 19 April 2011. One of the largest mines of Bolivia, the San Cristóbal Mine, is located near San Cristóbal in Colcha "K" municipality.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Location

The province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 27' and 22° 01'

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and between 66° 18' and 68° 35'

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. It is bordered by the Daniel Campos Province to the north, the Republic of

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to the west, the

Enrique Baldivieso Province Enrique Baldivieso (or: Enrique Valdivieso) is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. It is named after the former vice president Enrique Baldivieso. Its seat is San Agustín with a population of 533 during the census of 2001

and

Sur Lípez Province Sur Lípez or Sud Lípez is a province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. The seat of the province is San Pablo de Lípez. Location Sur Lípez is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. Also the southwesternmost point of Bolivia ...

to the south,

Sud Chichas Province Sud Chichas (or: ''Sur Chichas'') is a Provinces of Bolivia, province in the Bolivian Departments of Bolivia, department of Potosí Department, Potosí. Its seat is Tupiza. Location Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí ...

to the east, and the

Antonio Quijarro Province Antonio Quijarro is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department situated at the Salar de Uyuni. Its seat is Uyuni. Location Antonio Quijarro province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located be ...

to the northeast. The province extends over 270 km from east to west and 210 km from north to south.

Division

The province comprises two

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which are further subdivided into

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Population

The population increased from 8,320 (1992 census) to 10,460 inhabitants (2001 census), an increase of 25,7%. About 96% of the population have no access to electricity, 93% have no sanitary facilities. 61% of the population are employed in agriculture, 9% in mining, 2% in industry, 28% in general services. 90% of the population are Catholics, 6% are Protestants. The people are predominantly

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citizens of

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Languages

The languages spoken in the province are mainly Spanish and Quechua. Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Places of interest

* Cañapa Lake * Chiguana Lake * Laguna Hedionda *

Kara Lake __NOTOC__ Kara Lake is a lake in the Potosí Department Potosí (; Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of P ...

* Pastos Grandes Lake * Sarapuru volcano * Sonequera * Tapaquilcha

References

External links

Population data (Spanish)
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