José María Linares Province

José María Linares is a province in the eastren pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Potosí. Its caipital is Puna.

Location
José María Linares province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 19° 30' and 20° 16' Sooth an atween 64° 43' an 65° 53' Wast. It borders Cornelio Saavedra Province in the north, Tomás Frías Province in the northwast, Antonio Quijarro Province in the wast, Nor Chichas Province in the sooth, an Chuquisaca Depairtment in the east. The province extends ower 120 km frae east tae wast an 85 km frae north tae sooth.

Diveesion
The province comprises three municipalities which are further subdividit intae cantons.

SectionMunicipalitySeat 1st  Puna Municipality  Puna 2nd  Caiza "D" Municipality  Caiza "D" 3rd  Ckochas Municipality  Ckochas

Till 15 August 2006, when Ckochas Municipality wis creatit,www.legislacionmunicipal.fam.bo  (Spaingie) its three cantons, Turuchipa, Duraznos an Esquiri, belangit tae the Puna Municipality.

Population
The main leid o the province is Quechua, spoken bi 80 %, while 44 % o the population speak Spaingie. The population dropped frae 52,535 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 50,899 (2001 census), a decrease o 2.1 %.

90 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 89 % hae nae sanitar facilities. 69 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 0.5 % in minin, 11 % in industrie, 20 % in general services. 88 % o the population are Catholics, 10 % Protestants.

The fowk are predominantly indigenous ceetizens o Quechua strynd.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

 Ethnic group Puna Municipality an Ckochas Municipality (%) Caiza "D" Municipality (%)Quechua95.194.5Aymara0.10.3Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0.00.1Nae indigenous4.65.1ither indigenous groups0.10.0

 References 

 Naitional Institute o Statistics o Bolivie

Category:Provinces o Potosí Depairtment