Nor Lípez is a

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in the

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n department of

Potosí Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Potosí Department, Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the list of highest cities in the world, highest cities in the wo ...

. 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 Native Community Lands (, acronym: TCO; also translated as Communal Lands of Origin), according to Bolivian law, are territories held by indigenous people through collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of ...

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 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 to the east, and the Antonio Quijarro Province 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 * Pastos Grandes Lake * Sarapuru volcano * Sonequera * Tapaquilcha

References

External links

Population data (Spanish)
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