Eduardo Abaroa Province

Eduardo Abaroa Province / Challapata Province

Location in Bolivia
Main Data
Capital	Challapata
Area	3,738 km²
Population	27,675 (2001)
Density	7.4 inhabitants/km² (2001)
ISO 3166-2	BO.OR.AB

Eduardo Abaroa or Challapata is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

Location

Eduardo Abaroa province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 39' and 19° 30' South and between 65° 42' and 66° 42' West.

The province borders Poopó Province in the Northwest, Sud Carangas Province and Ladislao Cabrera Province in the West, and Potosí Department in the South and East. Furthermore, Sebastián Pagador Province is embedded between the two municipios of Eduardo Abaroa province.

The province extends over 90 km from North to South, and 100 km from East to West.

Population

Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 78.3%, while 71.9% of the population speak Quechua and 23.0% Aymara.

The population increased from 23,147 inhabitants (1992 census) to 27,675 (2001 census), an increase of 19.6%. - 44.1% of the population are younger than 15 years old.

82% of the population have no access to electricity, 94% have no sanitary facilities.

68.9% of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.5% in mining, 6.9% in industry, 23.7% in general services (2001).

86.6% of the population are Catholics, 11.9% are Protestants (1992).

Division

The province comprises two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.

Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	Challapata Municipality	Challapata
2nd	Santuario de Quillacas Municipality	Santuario de Quillacas

See also

• Jatun Wila Qullu
• Kuntur Nasa
• Wila Qullu

External links

• General map of province
• Detailed map of province towns and rivers
• Population data (Spanish)