Puerto de Mejillones Province

Puerto de Mejillones is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. It is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. Its seat is La Rivera.

This article is about the Bolivian city. For other uses, see Mejillones (disambiguation).
Puerto de Mejillones
Province
View of Todos Santos
View of Todos Santos
Location of Puerto de Mejillones Province within Bolivia
Location of Puerto de Mejillones Province within Bolivia
Coordinates: 19°05′S 68°18′W
CountryBolivia
DepartmentOruro
CapitalLa Rivera
Area
 • Total759 km2 (293 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,130
 • Density1.5/km2 (4/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Aymara Quechua
Languages spoken
 • Spanish97.0%
 • Aymara66.6%
 • Quechua8.6%
Sectors
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Location

The province is located between 18° 53' and 19° 16' South and between 68° 10' and 68° 26' West. It is surrounded by Sabaya Province in the north, west and east, and it borders the Republic of Chile in the southwest. The province extends over 45 km from north to south, and 35 km from east to west.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1][2]

Division

The province comprises three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.

Section Municipality Seat
1stLa Rivera MunicipalityLa Rivera
2ndTodos Santos MunicipalityTodos Santos
3rdCarangas MunicipalityCarangas

Demographics

Main language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 97.0%, while 66.6% of the population speak Aymara and 8.6% Quechua (1992).

The population increased from 751 inhabitants (1992 census) to 1,130 (2001 census), an increase of 50%.

42.6% of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992).

74% of the population have no access to electricity, 73% have no sanitary facilities (1992).

83.8% of the population are employed in agriculture, 1.0% in industry, 15.2% in general services (2001).

74% of the population are Catholics, 18% are Protestants (1992).

References
  1. BIGM maps 1:50,000 Carangas 5837-II and Cerro Capitan Hoja 5837-III
  2. "Carangas". Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
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