Rafael Bustillo is a

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in the

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n Potosí Department. Its name honors the Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary Rafael Bustillo († 1886). The capital of the province is

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with a population of 5,709 in the year 2001, the largest town is

Llallagua Llallagua (in hispanicized spelling) or Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period) is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llalla ...

with 20,065 inhabitants.National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia
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Location

Rafael Bustillo province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 18° 11' and 18° 45'

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and between 66° 11' and 66° 45'

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. It borders Oruro Department in the northwest, west and south,

Chayanta Province Chayanta is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Colquechaca. Location Chayanta province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 18° 23' and 19° 6' South and ...

in the southeast,

Charcas Province Charcas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is San Pedro de Buena Vista (955 inhabitants in 2001).Alonso de Ibáñez Province Alonso de Ibáñez is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Sacaca (1,862 inhabitants in 2001). Location Alonso de Ibáñez province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is locate ...

in the northeast. The province extends over 70 km from north to south as well as from east to west.

Division

The province comprises four

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(Spanish) which are further subdivided into

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. Chuquihuta Municipality was created by law on June 17, 2009. Until then it was one of the cantons of the Uncía Municipality.

Population

The main language of the province is Quechua, spoken by 86%, while 74% of the population speak Spanish. The population increased from 76,254 inhabitants (1992 census) to 77,566 (2001 census), an increase of 1.7%. 46% of the population have no access to electricity, 78% have no sanitary facilities. 41% of the population are employed in agriculture, 11% in mining, 11% in industry, 37% in general services. 90.5% of the population are Catholics, 6.7% Protestants. The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua and Aymara descent.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

References

{{Authority control Provinces of Potosí Department