Charcas Province

Charcas
Province
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Location o the Charcas Province athin Bolivie
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Coordinates: 18°16′S 65°50′W
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Potosí Depairtment
Municipalities	2
Cantons	12
Caipital	San Pedro de Buena Vista
Area
• Total	3382 km2 (1,306 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	38,174
• Density	11.3/km2 (29/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Quechua
Area code(s)	BO.PO.CR

Charcas is a province in the northren pairts o the Bolivie Potosí Depairtment. Its caipital is San Pedro de Buena Vista (955 inhabitants in 2001).

Location

Charcas province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 17° 57' an 18° 36' Sooth an atween 65° 21' an 66° 19' Wwst. It borders Bernardino Bilbao Province in the north, Alonso de Ibáñez Province in the northwast, Rafael Bustillo Province in the soothwast, Chayanta Province in the sooth, an Cochabamba Depairtment in the east.

The province extends ower 125 km frae East tae Wast an 100 km frae north tae sooth.

Diveesion

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

Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	San Pedro de Buena Vista Municipality	San Pedro de Buena Vista
2nt	Toro Toro Municipality	Toro Toro

Population

The main leid o the province is Quechua, spoken bi 98%, while 34% o the population speak Spaingie. The population increased frae 31,233 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 38,174 (2001 census), an increase o 22.3%. Caipital o the province is San Pedro (955 inhabitants).

99.8 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 98.5% hae nae sanitary facilities. 72.0% o the population are employed in agricultur, 0.5% in minin, 12.2 % in industry, 15.3% in general services. 93% o the population are Catholics, 6% Protestants.

The fowk are predominantly indigenous ceetizens o Quechua strynd.

Ethnic group	San Pedro de Buena Vista Municipality (%)	Toro Toro Municipality (%)
Quechua	86.5	94.2
Aymara	6.0	1.5
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.0	0.0
Nae indigenous	7.5	4.2
Ither indigenous groups	0.0	0.0

Places o interest

• Torotoro Naitional Pairk