(last national census), there were 3,156 people (2,106 men and 1,050 women) living in the province, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km².
The largest town of the province is Putre, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 1,498 inhabitants.
As a province, Parinacota is a second-level administrative division, consisting of two communes ("comunas"): General Lagos in the northern portion and Putre in the south. The town of Putre is the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami ( ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian movie director, screenwriter, photographer and movie producer.
He was known for making documentaries or short movies. His best known works are the "Koker trilogy" (1987–94), "Close-Up" (1990), "Taste of Cherry" (1997) and "The Wind Will Carry Us" (1999). In his later works, "Certified Copy" (2010) and "Like Someone in Love".
Kiarostami died at a Paris hospital on 4 July 2016 from gastrointestinal cancer, aged 76.
Kathryn Beaumont
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Beaumont retired as the voice of Alice and Wendy in 2005, her roles as these two characters was taken over by Hynden Walch since 2005.
She has been married to Allan Levine since 1981. Together they have two children.
Parinacota Volcano
Parinacota or Parina Quta (from Aymara "parina" flamingo, "quta" lake, "flamingo lake") is a massive dormant volcano (a stratovolcano) on the border of Chile and Bolivia.
The first ascent of this peak was made by Carlos Terán, Bolivian, and Joseph Prem, Austrian on 12 December 1928.
It is part of the Payachata volcanic group formed by the Parinacota together with the Pleistocene peak of Pomerape.
The volcano and Pomerape straddle the border between Sajama National Park (Oruro Department, Bolivia) and Lauca National Park (Parinacota Province, Chile).
Steven Adams
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Adams was born in Rotorua. He was born to a Tongan mother and an English father. His father, Sid Adams, served in the Royal Navy and later moved to New Zealand. Sid had 18 children with five women. His siblings include champion shot putter Valerie Adams, NBL players Warren and Sid Jr., and para-athlete Lisa Adams.
Enes Kanter
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Param Vir Chakra
The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. The medal has been awarded 21 times, 14 of which were posthumous awards.
Literally Param Vir Chakra means "Wheel (or Cross) of the Ultimate Brave", it is equal to the Medal of Honor in the United States and the Victoria Cross in the United Kingdom.
Instituted on 26 January 1950, by the President of India, with effect from 15 August 1947, this award can also be awarded posthumously. Officers or enlisted personnel from all branches of the Indian Armed Forces are eligible for the award. Recipients of the decoration have the right to use PVC as a postnominal abbreviation.
There is a provision for the award of a bar for a second (or subsequent) awards of the Param Vir Chakra, with a replica of the Vajra, the weapon of Indra, the god of heaven. However, no one has received it to date.
Robin Hardy
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Caroline Aherne
Caroline Mary Aherne (24 December 1963 – 2 July 2016) was an English comedian and BAFTA Award-winning writer and actress. She was best known for performing as the chat show host "Mrs Merton". She was also known for her roles in the "The Fast Show", and as lead in the "The Royle Family", a show that she co-wrote.
On 2 July 2016, Aherne died at her home in Timperley, Greater Manchester from throat cancer at the age of 52.
Roscoe Brown
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Rudolf E. Kálmán
Rudolf (Rudi) Emil Kálmán (; May 19, 1930 – July 2, 2016) was a Hungarian-born American electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor.
He was known for his co-invention and development of the Kalman filter. It was a mathematical algorithm that is widely used in signal processing, control systems, and guidance, navigation and control. For this work, U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Kálmán the National Medal of Science on October 7, 2009.
Robert Nye
Robert Nye FRSL (15 March 1939 – 2 July 2016) was an English poet and author. His bestselling novel "Falstaff" was published in 1976. It was described by Michael Ratcliffe (writing in "The Times") as "one of the most ambitious and seductive novels of the decade", and went on to win both The Hawthornden Prize and Guardian Fiction Prize.
The novel was also included in Anthony Burgess's "99 Novels: The Best in English Since 1939" (1984).
Jack C. Taylor
Jack Crawford Taylor (April 14, 1922 – July 2, 2016) was an American businessman, philanthropist and billionaire. He founded the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was worth a US$8.6 billion as of February 2016.
Taylor died on July 2, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri, aged 94.
Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark
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He worked as a civil engineer before replacing his paternal grandmother, Sibyl Hathaway, the 21st Dame of Sark, in 1974.
During his rule, Beaumont saw the loss of many feudal rights enjoyed by the seigneurs, and was consequently often described as the "last feudal baron".
Roger Dumas
Roger Dumas (9 May 1932 – 2 July 2016) was a French actor and comedian. He appeared in more than 100 movies between 1954 and 2016. He was born in Annonay, Ardèche. He was known for his roles in "That Man from Rio", "Le Concert", and "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life".
Dumas died in Paris, France on 2 July 2016, aged 84.
Lou Fontinato
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Beatrice de Cardi
Beatrice Eileen de Cardi (5 June 1914 – 5 July 2016) was a British archaeologist. He worked in the study of the Persian Gulf and the Baluchistan region of Pakistan. She was president of the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia, and she was Secretary of the Council for British Archaeology from 1949 to 1973.
Lüscherz
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Kim Chaek
Kim Chaek(Korea:김책, 金策; 14 August 1903 - January 31 1951) was a North Korean resistance activist, military leader, politician and poet. His realname was Kim Hong-gye(김홍계, 金洪啓). First Industry Minister of DPRK, September 2 1948 to January 31 1951. He was military leader of North Korea in the time of Korean War.