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Sur Lípez Province

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Sur Lípez / Sud Lípez
Province
Laguna Verde an Laguna Blanca as seen frae Licancabur, Sud Lípez Province
Laguna Verde an Laguna Blanca as seen frae Licancabur, Sud Lípez Province
Banner o Sur Lípez / Sud Lípez
Banner
Official seal of Sur Lípez / Sud Lípez
Seal
Location o the Sud Lípez Province athin Bolivie
Location o the Sud Lípez Province athin Bolivie
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Coordinates: 22°04′0″S 67°07′0″W / 22.06667°S 67.11667°W / -22.06667; -67.11667
Kintra Bolivie
DepairtmentPotosí Depairtment
CaipitalSan Pablo
Area
 • Total22355 km2 (8,631 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total4,905
 • Density0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Quechua

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

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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

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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[1].

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

Diveesion

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

Section Municipality Seat
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

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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.[2]

Ethnic group San Pablo de Lípez Municipality (%) Mojinete Municipality (%) San Antonio de Esmoruco Municipality (%)
Quechua 81.5 98.3 88.4
Aymara 0.8 1.0 0.5
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nae indigenous 17.5 0.37 10.9
Ither indigenous groups 0.1 0.0 0.02

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

Leid San Pablo de Lípez Municipality Mojinete Municipality San Antonio de Esmoruco Municipality
Quechua 1,722 595 1,344
Aymara 24 3 9
Guaraní 0 0 1
Anither native 0 0 1
Spaingie 2,043 571 1,315
Foreign 9 0 0
Anerlie native 313 95 204
Native an Spaingie 1,419 503 1,146
Anerlie Spaingie 624 68 169

Places o interest

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A view o the Sur Lipez desert

References

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  1. "Sol de Mañana". Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

Freemit airtins

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