Tomás Frías Province

Tomás Frías is a province in the northren pairts o the Bolivie Potosí Depairtment. Its caipital is Potosí whilk is the caipital o the depairtment an aw. The province is namit efter the umwhile preses Tomás Frías Ametller.

Location
Tomás Frías province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 19° 00' an 19° 50' Sooth an atween 65° 32' an 66° 24' Wast. 

It haes mairches wi Chayanta Province in the north, Oruro Depairtment in the northwast, Antonio Quijarro Province in the soothwast, José María Linares Province in the sooth, an Cornelio Saavedra Province in the east. 

The province stends ower 115 km frae east tae wast an frae north tae sooth.

Diveesion
The province comprises fower municipalities whilk are further subdividit intae cantons.

SectionMunicipalitySeat Capital Municipality  Potosí Municipality  Potosí 1st  Tinguipaya Municipality  Tinguipaya 2nd  Yocalla Municipality  Yocalla 3rd  Urmiri Municipality  Urmiri  

Population
The main leid o the province is Spaingie, spoken bi 84.5 %, while 75.5 % o the population speak Quechua. The population increased frae 167,111 indwallers (1992 census) tae 176,922 (2001 census), an increase o 20 %. Caipital o the province is Potosí (132,966 inhabitants).  

28 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 50.5 % hae nae sanitary facilities. 

21 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 8 % in minin, 10 % in industrie, 61 % in general services. 92 % o the population are Catholics, 5 % Protestants.

The fow are predominantly indigenous ceetizens o Quechua an Aymara strynd.*Potosí Department - social data of its provinces  (PDF 5,36 MB) (spanish)  

 Ethnic group Potosí Municipality (%) Tinguipaya Municipality (%) Yocalla Municipality (%) Urmiri Municipality (%)Quechua68,194,793,849,3Aymara2,00,20,446,6Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos0,20,00,10,0Nae indigenous 29,55,15,74,1Ither indigenous groups0,20,00,10,1

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
Population data (Spaingie)

Category:Provinces o Potosí Depairtment