Sebastián Pagador Province
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| Capital | Santiago de Huari |
| Area | 973 km² |
| Population | 10,221 (2001) |
| Density | 10.5 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.OR.SP |
Sebastián Pagador is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.
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[edit] Location
Sebastián Pagador province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 55' and 19° 30' South and between 65° 49' and 66° 37' West.
It borders the northern part of Eduardo Avaroa Province in the Northeast and North, Sud Carangas Province and Ladislao Cabrera Province in the Northwest, the southern part of Eduardo Avaroa Province in the Southwest, and Potosí Department in the Southeast.
The province extends over 50 km from North to South, and 100 km from East to West.
[edit] Population
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 74 %, while 73 % of the population speak Aymara and 63 % Quechua.
The population increased from 7,712 inhabitants (1992 census) 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 electricity, 95 % have no sanitary facilities.
74.1 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.2 % in mining, 7.9 % in industry, 17.8 % in general services (2001).
84 % of the population are Catholics, 14 % are Protestants (1992).
[edit] Division
The province comprises only one municipio:
- Santiago de Huari
