Nor Lípez Province

Nor Lípez
Province

James's Flamingos at Cañapa Lake, Colcha "K" Municipality

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Location of the Nor Lípez Province within Bolivia

Provinces of the Potosí Department
Coordinates: 21°14′0″S 67°27′0″W / 21.23333°S 67.45000°W
Country Bolivia
Department Potosí Department
Capital Colcha "K"
Area
 • Total 10,883 sq mi (28,187 km2)
Population (2001)
 • Total 10,460
 • Density 1/sq mi (0.4/km2)
 • Ethnicities Quechua

Nor Lípez is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Colcha "K", also called Villa Martín. The majority of the province's area was titled as the Nor Lípez Native Community Land on 19 April 2011. One of Bolivia's largest mines, the San Cristóbal Mine, is located near San Cristóbal in Colcha "K" municipality.

Location

The province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 27' and 22° 01' South and between 66° 18' und 68° 35' West.

It is bordered by the Daniel Campos Province to the north, the Republic of Chile to the west, the Enrique Baldivieso Province and Sur Lípez Province to the south, Sud Chichas Province to the east, and the Antonio Quijarro Province to the northeast.

The province extends over 270 km from east to west and 210 km from north to south.

Division

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

Section Municipality Inhabitants 2001 [1] Seat Inhabitants 2001
1st Colcha "K" Municipality 9,645 Colcha "K" or Villa Martín 853
2nd San Pedro de Quemes Municipality 815 San Pedro de Quemes 508

Population

The population increased from 8,320 (1992 census) to 10,460 inhabitants (2001 census), an increase of 25,7%.

About 96% of the population have no access to electricity, 93% have no sanitary facilities. 61% of the population are employed in agriculture, 9% in mining, 2% in industry, 28% in general services. 90% of the population are Catholics, 6% are Protestants.

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent.[2]

Ethnic group Colcha „K“ Municipality (%) San Pedro de Quemes Municipality (%)
Quechua 88.3 45.0
Aymara 5.6 6.3
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.1 0.2
Not indigenous 6.0 48.3
Other indigenous groups 0.1 0.2

Languages

The languages spoken in the province are mainly Spanish and Quechua.

Language Colcha „K“ Municipality San Pedro de Quemes Municipality
Quechua 7,256 187
Aymara 333 67
Guaraní 1 0
Another native 2 0
Spanish 7,932 721
Foreign 28 3
Only native 878 1
Native and Spanish 6.616 222
Only Spanish 1.319 499

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Places of interest

See also

References

  1. ↑ INE, Bolivia
  2. ↑ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

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Coordinates: 21°14′S 67°27′W / 21.233°S 67.450°W