Sajama Province
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| Capital | Curahuara de Carangas |
| Area | 7,704 km² |
| Population | 9,096 (2001) |
| Density | 1.2 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.OR.SJ |
Sajama is a province in the northwestern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.
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[edit] Location
Sajama province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 39' and 18° 39' South and between 67° 38' and 68° 45' West.
The province borders La Paz Department in the Northwest, the Republic of Chile in the West, Atahuallpa Province in the Southwest, Litoral Province in the Southeast, Carangas Province in the East, and San Pedro de Totora Province in the Northeast.
The province extends over 120 km from North to South, and 135 km from East to West.
[edit] Population
Main idiom of the province is Aymara, spoken by 90.4 %, while 88.6 % of the population speak Spanish and 4.2 % Quechua (1992).
The population increased from 7,891 inhabitants (1992 census) to 9,096 (2001 census), an increase of 15.3 %. - 43.4 % of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992).
97.0 % of the population have no access to electricity, 90.8 % have no sanitary facilities (1992).
68.2 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.3 % in mining, 5.4 % in industry, 26.1 % in general services (2001).
66.1 % of the population are Catholics, 26.9 % are Protestants (1992).
[edit] Division
The province comprises two municipio:
- Curahuara de Carangas
- Turco
