Sur Lípez Province

Sur Lípez (or: Sud Lípez) is a province in the Potosí Depairtment in Bolivie. The seat o the province is San Pablo de Lípez.

Location
Sur Lípez is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. An aw the soothwastmaist pynt o Bolivie is locatit here, at 22° 49' 41.016" Sooth, 67° 52' 35.004" Wast, at an elevation o approximately 5,400 on the northeastren slope o the Licancabur volcano.

It is bordered bi the Nor Lípez Province in the north an northwast, Enrique Baldivieso Province in the wast, the Republic o Chile in the soothwast an sooth, the Republic o Argentinae in the sootheast an east, an Sud Chichas Province in the northeast.

The province extends frae the northeast tae the soothwast, at a lenth o 230 km an an average width o 100 km.

Geografie
In its soothwastren pairt, the Quetena Grande Canton, the province haes a couple o lakes an salt pans, the lairgest bein Laguna Colorada, which is 6 km in diameter at an elevation o 4,278 m. Ither lakes, such as Laguna Verde, 
Laguna Blanca an Laguna Celeste are weel kent for thair respectively green, white an blue colors an aw.

Thare is a geyser field cried "Sol de Mañana" in sooth-wastren Sur Lípez.

The tourist circuit La Ruta de las Joyas Altoandinas passes throu the spectacular geografie o this aurie.

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

SectionMunicipalitySeat 1st  San Pablo de Lípez Municipality  San Pablo de Lípez 2nt  Mojinete Municipality  Mojinete 3rd  San Antonio de Esmoruco Municipality  San Antonio de Esmoruco  

Population
The population increased frae 4,158 (1992 census) tae 4,905 indwallers (2001 census), an increase o 18 %.

99.4 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 90 % hae nae sanitary facilities. 69 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 4 % in minin, 4 % in industrie, 23 % in general services. 86 % o the population are Catholics, 9 % Protestants.

The fowk are predominantly indigenous ceetizens o Quechua strynd.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

 Ethnic group San Pablo de Lípez Municipality (%) Mojinete Municipality (%) San Antonio de Esmoruco Municipality (%)Quechua81.598.388.4Aymara0.81.00.5Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0.00.00.0Nae indigenous 17.50.3710.9Ither indigenous groups0.10.00.02

 Leids 
The leids spoken in the province are mainly Spaingie an Quechua.

 Leid San Pablo de Lípez Municipality Mojinete Municipality San Antonio de Esmoruco MunicipalityQuechua1,722 	5951,344Aymara2439Guaraní001Anither native001Spaingie2,0435711,315Foreign900Anerlie native31395204Native an Spaingie1,4195031,146Anerlie Spaingie62468169

 Places o interest 
 Cordillera de Lípez
 Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve
 Juriques
 Linzor
 Cerro Lípez
 Loromayu Lake
 Hedionda Lake
 Vilama
 Sonequera
 Árbol de Piedra

References

Freemit airtins
Detailed map o province touns an rivers 
Population data (Spaingie) 
Panoramic picturs o the province

Category:Provinces o Potosí Depairtment