Sud Carangas Province

Sud Carangas is a province in the central pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Oruro.

Location
Sud Carangas province is ane o the saxteen provinces in the Oruro Depairtment. It is locatit atween 18° 38' an 19° 09' Sooth an atween 66° 37' an 67° 34' Wast.

The province borders Saucarí Province in the North, Carangas Province in the Northwast, Litoral Province in the Wast, Ladislao Cabrera Province in the Sooth, Sebastián Pagador Province in the Sootheast, Eduardo Avaroa Province in the East, an Poopó Province in the Northeast. The province borders Poopó Lake in the East.

The province extends ower 60 km frae North tae Sooth, an 100 km frae East tae Wast.

Population
Main idiom o the province is Aymara, spoken bi 96.5 %, while 78.1 % o the population speak Spaingie an 46.0 % Quechua (1992).

The population increased frae 4,028 indwallers (1992 census) tae 6,136 (2001 census), an increase o 52 %. - 41.1 % o the population are younger than 15 year auld (1992).

99.9 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 98.7 % hae nae sanitary facilities (1992).

77.9 % o the population are employed in agriculture, 4.1 % in industry, 18.0 % in general services (2001).

74.8 % o the population are Catholics, 18.9 % are Protestants (1992).

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

SectionMunicipalitySeat 1st  Andamarca Municipality  Andamarca 2nt  Belén de Andamarca Municipality  Belén de Andamarca

Freemit airtins
General map o province 
Detailed map o province touns an rivers 
Population data (Spaingie) 

Category:Provinces o Oruro Depairtment