San Pedro de Totora is a

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in the northern parts of the

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Oruro Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately above sea level. It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by populat ...

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'

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and between 67° 33' and 67° 58'

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. The province borders La Paz Department in the north, Sajama Province in the west and southwest,

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° 4 ...

in the southeast, and

Nor Carangas Province Nor Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its seat is Huayllamarca. Location Nor Carangas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 46' and 18° 09' South a ...

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

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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

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) to 4,941 (2001 census), an increase of 22.3%. - 43% of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992). 99% of the population have no access to

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, 94% have no sanitary facilities (1992). 83.5% of the population are employed in

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, 4% in industry, 12.5% in general services (2001). 64% of the population are

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, 25% are

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(1992).

Division

The province comprises only one

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, Totora Municipality. It is identical to San Pedro de Totora Province.

References

{{Authority control Provinces of Oruro Department