Rafael Bustillo 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 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 Potosí Department

Potosí Department

Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí....

. Its name honors the Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary Rafael Bustillo († 1886). The capital of the province is Uncía

Uncia

Uncia can refer to:* Uncia , an ancient Roman bronze coin* Uncia , an ancient Roman unit of length* Uncia , a Bolivian tin mine...

 with a population of 5,709 in the year 2001, the largest town is Llallagua

Llallagua

Llallagua is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llallagua Municipality, the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.- External links :*-References:*...

 with 20,065 inhabitants.

Location

Rafael Bustillo province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 18° 11' and 18° 45' South

Latitude

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 and between 66° 11' and 66° 45' West

Longitude

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. It borders Oruro Department

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 :...

 in the northwest, west and south, Chayanta Province

Chayanta Province

Chayanta Municipality is the second municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its seat is Chayanta.-Location:...

 in the southeast, Charcas Province

Charcas Province

Charcas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is San Pedro de Buena Vista .-Location:...

 in the east, and Alonso de Ibáñez Province

Alonso de Ibáñez Province

Alonso de Ibáñez is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Sacaca .-Location:...

 in the northeast. The province extends over 70 km from north to south as well as from east to west.

Division

The province comprises four municipalities

Municipalities of Bolivia

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  which are further subdivided into cantons

Cantons of Bolivia

||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....

.

Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	Uncía Municipality Uncía Municipality Uncía Municipality is the first municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Uncía.- Subdivision :The municipality consists of the following cantons:* Uncía* Cala Cala...	Uncía Uncia Uncia can refer to:* Uncia , an ancient Roman bronze coin* Uncia , an ancient Roman unit of length* Uncia , a Bolivian tin mine...
2nd	Chayanta Municipality	Chayanta
3rd	Llallagua Municipality Llallagua Municipality Llallagua Municipality is the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Llallagua.- The people :The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechua and Aymara descent....	Llallagua Llallagua Llallagua is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llallagua Municipality, the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.- External links :*-References:*... >-	4th	Chuquihuta Municipality Chuquihuta Municipality Chuquihuta Municipality, also Chuquihuta Ayllu Jucumani, is the fourth municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Chuquihuta. The municipality was created on June 17, 2009. Formerly the area was a canton of the Uncía Municipality.- External...	Chuquihuta

Chuquihuta Municipality was created by law on June 17, 2009. Until then it was one of the cantons of the Uncía Municipality.

Population

The main language of the province is Quechua

Quechua languages

Quechua is a Native South American language family and dialect cluster spoken primarily in the Andes of South America, derived from an original common ancestor language, Proto-Quechua. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably...

, spoken by 86 %, while 74 % of the population speak Spanish

Spanish language

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. The population increased from 76,254 inhabitants (1992 census) to 77,566 (2001 census), an increase of 1.7 %.

46 % of the population have no access to electricity, 78 % have no sanitary facilities. 41 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 11 % in mining, 11 % in industry, 37 % in general services. 90.5 % of the population are Catholics, 6.7 % Protestants.

The people are predominantly indigenous

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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 citizens of Quechua and Aymara descent.

Ethnic group	Uncía and Chuquihuta Municipality (%)	Chayanta Municipality (%)	Llallagua Municipality (%)
Quechua	69,1	87,8	71,6
Aymara	20,0	9,8	12,8
Guaraní, Chiquitos Chiquitos Chiquitos means "little ones" in Spanish. The Spanish Conquistadores chose this name for the people living in the rain savannas of what is now the eastern parts of the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia, when they found the small doors of the Indian huts in the region.Today, this area is called Gran... , Moxos Moxos people The Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits...	0,0	0,0	0,3
Not indigenous Indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...	10,9	2,2	15,1
Other indigenous groups	0,0	0,1	0,2