Cercado Province (Oruro)
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| Location in Bolivia | |
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| Capital | Oruro Oruro, Bolivia Oruro is a city in Bolivia with a population of 235,393 , located about equidistant between La Paz and Sucre at approximately 3710 meters above sea level. It is the capital of the department of Oruro.... |
| Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... |
5,162 km² |
| Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... |
241,230 (2001) |
| Density Density The mass density or density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ . In some cases , density is also defined as its weight per unit volume; although, this quantity is more properly called specific weight... |
46.7 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
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BO.OR.CE |
Cercado is a province
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...
in the northeastern parts of the Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n department
Departments of Bolivia
Bolivia is divided into nine departments . Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces , which are further subdivided into municipalities ....
of Oruro
Oruro Department
Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 391,870.- Provinces of Oruro :...
.
Location
Cercado province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 22' and 18° 35' SouthLatitude
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and between 66° 21' and 67° 20' West
Longitude
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It borders Tomas Barrón Province
Tomas Barrón Province
Tomás Barrón is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Tomás Barrón province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
and La Paz Department
La Paz Department (Bolivia)
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2001 census population of 2,350,466 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty Cordillera Real that reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas,...
in the Northwest, Nor Carangas Province
Nor Carangas Province
Nor Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Nor Carangas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
and Saucarí Province
Saucarí Province
Saucarí is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Saucarí province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
in the West, Poopó Province
Poopó Province
Poopó is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Poopó province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
and Pantaléon Dalence Province
Pantaléon Dalence Province
Pantaléon Dalence is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Pantaléon Dalence province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
in the Southeast, and Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...
in the East and North.
The province extends over 135 km from North to South, and 105 km from East to West.
Population
Main idiomIdiom
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of the province is Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, spoken by 96.7 %, while 43.3 % of the population speak Quechua and 25.5 % Aymara
Aymara language
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...
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The population increased from 213,755 inhabitants (1992 census
Census
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) to 241,230 (2001 census), an increase of 12.9 %. - 39.4 % of the population is younger than 15 years old.
18.6 % of the population have no access to electricity
Electricity generation
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, 67.5 % have no sanitary facilities
Tap water
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16.3 % of the population are employed in agriculture
Primary sector of industry
The sector of an economy making direct use of natural resources. This includes agriculture, forestry and fishing, mining, and extraction of oil and gas. This is contrasted with the secondary sector, producing manufactures and other processed goods, and the tertiary sector, producing services...
, 1.8 % in mining, 11.9 % in industry
Secondary sector of industry
The secondary sector of the economy or industrial sector includes those economic sectors that create a finished, tangible product: production and construction.-Function:...
, 70.0 % in general services
Tertiary sector of industry
The tertiary sector of the economy is one of the three economic sectors, the others being the secondary sector and the primary sector .The service sector consists of the "soft" parts of the economy, i.e...
(2001).
83.0 % of the population are Catholics
Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
The Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome....
, 13.5 % are Protestants
Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de las Americas
The Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion that covers the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay....
(1992).
Division
The province comprises four municipalitiesMunicipalities of Bolivia
Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...
which are further subdivided into cantons
Cantons of Bolivia
||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....
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| Section | Municipality | Seat |
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| Capital Municipality | Oruro Municipality | Oruro Oruro, Bolivia Oruro is a city in Bolivia with a population of 235,393 , located about equidistant between La Paz and Sucre at approximately 3710 meters above sea level. It is the capital of the department of Oruro.... |
| 1st | Caracollo Municipality | Caracollo Caracollo Caracollo is a small town in Bolivia. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 5,429. Located at the place where the highway from La Paz splits into two roads towards Cochabamba and Oruro, Caracollo is a frequent starting point for long marches intended to influence the Bolivian government.... |
| 2nd | El Choro Municipality | El Choro |
| 3rd | Soracachi Municipality | Soracachi |