Nor Lípez Province

Nor Lípez
Province
James's Flamingos at Cañapa Lake, Colcha "K" Municipality
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Location o the Nor Lípez Province athin Bolivie
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Coordinates: 21°14′0″S 67°27′0″W
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Potosí Depairtment
Caipital	Colcha "K"
Area
• Total	28187 km2 (10,883 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	10,460
• Density	0.4/km2 (1/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Quechua

Nor Lípez is a province in the Bolivie depairtment o Potosí. Its seat is Colcha "K", cried Villa Martín. The feck o the province's area wis titlt as the Nor Lípez Native Commonty Land on 19 Aprile 2011. Ane o Bolivie's mucklest mines, the San Cristóbal Mine, is locatit near San Cristóbal in Colcha "K" municipality.

Location

The province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 20° 27' an 22° 01' Sooth an atween 66° 18' an 68° 35' Wast.

It is mairched bi the Daniel Campos Province tae the north, the Republic o Chile tae the wast, the Enrique Baldivieso Province an Sur Lípez Province tae the sooth, Sud Chichas Province tae the east, an the Antonio Quijarro Province tae the northeast.

The province extends ower 270 km frae east tae wast an 210 km frae north tae sooth.

Division

The province haes twa municipalities that are further sub-dealt intae cantons.

Section	Municipality	Inhabitants 2001	Seat	Inhabitants 2001
1st	Colcha "K" Municipality	9,645	Colcha "K" or Villa Martín	853
2nd	San Pedro de Quemes Municipality	815	San Pedro de Quemes	508

Population

The population increased frae 8,320 (1992 census) tae 10,460 inhabitants (2001 census), an increase o 25,7 %.

96 % o the population huvnae got access tae electricity, 93 % huvnae got sanitary facilities. 61 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 9 % in minin, 2 % in industry, 28 % in general services. 90 % o the population are Catholics, 6 % are Protestants.

The fowk are maistly indigenous citizens o Quechuan descent.

Ethnic group	Colcha "K" Municipality (%)	San Pedro de Quemes Municipality (%)
Quechua	88.3	45.0
Aymara	5.6	6.3
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.1	0.2
Nae indigenous	6.0	48.3
ither indigenous groups	0.1	0.2

Leids

The leids spikkin in the province are mainly Spainish an Quechua.

Language	Colcha "K" Municipality	San Pedro de Quemes Municipality
Quechua	7,256	187
Aymara	333	67
Guaraní	1	0
Anither native	2	0
Spaingie	7,932	721
Foreign	28	3
Anerlie native	878	1
Native an Spaingie	6.616	222
Anerlie Spaingie	1.319	499

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Places o interest

• Cañapa Lake
• Chiguana Lake
• Hedionda Lake
• Kara Lake
• Olca volcano
• Ollagüe volcano
• Paruma
• Pastos Grandes Lake
• Sarapuro volcano
• Sonequera muntain
• Tapaquilcha muntain

Freemit airtins

• General map o province Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Detailed map o province touns an rivers Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Population data (Spainyie) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine