Caranavi Province is one of the twenty provinces of the

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n La Paz Department and is situated in the department's eastern parts. The province was created by Law 1401 on 16 December 1992 from a portion of what was then

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. The creation of the province had been a local cause embraced by Ramiro Revuelta, a Deputy in the national legislature who was assassinated on November 28, 1992.

Location

''Caranavi Province'' is located between 15° 20' and 16° 03'

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and between 67° 07' and 67° 42'

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. It extends over 55 km from West to East, and 75 km from North to South. The province is situated on the Bolivian

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east of

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, on the headwaters of Río Beni, and borders

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and in the Northwest,

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in the Southwest,

in the South, and

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in the East and Northeast.

Population

The population of Caranavi Province has increased by circa 40% over the recent two decades: *1992: 43,093 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 51,153 inhabitants (

) *2005: 56,167 inhabitants (est.) *2010: 59,090 inhabitants (est.) 40.6% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' The

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of the population is 83.1%. ''(1992)'' 92.7% of the population speak

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, 71.6% speak

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, and 11.1%

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. ''(1992)'' 88.7% of the population have no access to electricity, 65.6% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 68.0% of the population are Catholics, 22.9% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

Economy

, Caranavi is the main source for Bolivian coffee production and supplies organic coffee to the national and world market.

Division

Since 23 December 2009, the province is divided into two

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Alto Beni municipality was created by Law 4131 on 23 December 2009. which are further subdivided into 21 cantons. At the time of its creation in 1992, the province consisted of fourteen cantons: Caranavi, Choro, Taypilaya, Santa Fe, Alcoche, Villa Elevacion, Inca Huara De Ckullu Kuchu, Carrasco Uyunense, Inicua, Santa Ana de Alto Beni, San Pablo, Chojña, Santa Rosa, Belen and Eduardo Abaroa.

References

External links

General map of provincePopulation data (Spanish)
: {{Authority control Provinces of La Paz Department (Bolivia)