Sebastián Pagador is a

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in the southeastern parts of the

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n department of

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. Its seat is Santiago de Huari.

Location

Sebastián Pagador province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 55' and 19° 30'

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and between 65° 49' and 66° 37'

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. It borders the northern part of Eduardo Avaroa Province in the north east and north, Sud Carangas Province and

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in the north west, the southern part of Eduardo Avaroa Province in the south west, and

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in the south east. The province extends over 50 km from North to South, and 100 km from east to west.

Geography

The Asanaki mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are Ch'alla Phujru, Ch'iyar Jaqhi, Sirk'i and Wila Sirka at more than above sea level. Other mountains are listed below:Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Belen 6336-III *

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* Chullpiri * Jaqhi Qala * Kuntur Chukuña

Population

The main language of the province is

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, spoken by 74%, while 73% of the population speak

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and 63%

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. The population increased from 7,712 inhabitants (1992

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) to 10,221 (2001 census), an increase of 32.5%. - 43.6% of the population are younger than 15 years old. 75% of the population have no access to

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, 95% have no sanitary facilities. 74.1% of the population are employed in

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, 0.2% in mining, 7.9% in

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, 17.8% in general services (2001). 84% of the population are

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, 14% are

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(1992).

Division

The province comprises only one

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, Santiago de Huari Municipality. It is identical to the province. The province is further subdivided into 11 cantons.

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