Aroma is ane o the twinty provinces o the Bolivie La Paz Depairtment an is situatit in the depairtment's soothren pairts.
Aroma province is locatit atween 16° 43' an 17° 35' sooth an atween 67° 22' an 68° 23' Wast. It extends ower 120 km frae northwast tae sootheast, an up tae 55 km frae northeast tae soothwast.
The province is situatit on the Bolivie Altiplano sootheast o Lake Titicaca an borders Ingavi Province in the northwast, Pacajes Province in the wast, Gualberto Villarroel Province in the sooth, Oruro Depairtment in the sootheast, Loayza Province in the east, an Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the north.
The population o Aroma Province haes increased bi 80% ower the recent twa decades:
- 1992: 65,730 inhabitants (census)
- 2001: 86,480 inhabitants (census)
- 2005: 99,162 inhabitants (est.)[1]
- 2010: 110,418 inhabitants (est.)[2]
45.1% o the population are younger than 15 year auld. (1992)
79.9% o the population speak Spaingie, 93.9% speak Aymara, an 6.7% Quechua. (2001)
The leeteracy rate o the province's population is 78.4%. (1992)
82.1% o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 88.0% hae nae sanitary facilities. (1992)
69.2% o the population are Catholics, 25.5% are Protestants. (1992)
The province comprises seiven municipios which are further subdividit intae cantons.
Section
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Municipality
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Inhabitants (2001)[3]
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Seat
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Inhabitants (2001)[3]
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1st |
Sica Sica Municipality |
26,818 |
Sica Sica |
3,831
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2nd |
Umala Municipality |
9,583 |
Umala |
152
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3rd |
Ayo Ayo Municipality |
6,981 |
Ayo Ayo |
647
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4th |
Calamarca Municipality |
12,112 |
Calamarca |
943
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5th |
Patacamaya Municipality |
20,039 |
Patacamaya |
8,414
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6th |
Colquencha Municipality |
8,020 |
Colquencha |
2,352
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7th |
Collana Municipality |
2,927 |
Collana |
1,936
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- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie)
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Provinces | | |
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Municipalities (an seats) |
- Achacachi (Achacachi)
- Achocalla (Achocalla)
- Alto Beni (Caserío Nueve)
- Ancoraimes (Ancoraimes)
- Apolo (Apolo)
- Aucapata (Aucapata)
- Ayata (Ayata)
- Ayo Ayo (Ayo Ayo)
- Batallas (Batallas)
- Cairoma (Cairoma)
- Cajuata (Cajuata)
- Calacoto (Calacoto)
- Calamarca (Calamarca)
- Caquiaviri (Caquiaviri)
- Caranavi (Caranavi)
- Catacora (Catacora)
- Chacarilla (Chacarilla)
- Charaña (Charaña)
- Chulumani (Chulumani)
- Chuma (Chuma)
- Collana (Collana)
- Colquencha (Colquencha)
- Colquiri (Colquiri)
- Comanche (Comanche)
- Combaya (Combaya)
- Copacabana (Copacabana)
- Coripata (Coripata)
- Coro Coro (Coro Coro)
- Coroico (Coroico)
- Curva (Curva)
- Desaguadero (Desaguadero)
- El Alto (El Alto)
- Escoma (Escoma)
- General Juan José Pérez (Charazani)
- Guanay (Guanay)
- Guaqui (Guaqui)
- Huarina (Huarina)
- Ichoca (Ichoca)
- Inquisivi (Inquisivi)
- Irupana (Irupana)
- Ixiamas (Ixiamas)
- Jesús de Machaca (Jesús de Machaca)
- La Asunta (La Asunta)
- La Paz (La Paz)
- Laja (Laja)
- Licoma Pampa (Licoma)
- Luribay (Luribay)
- Malla (Malla)
- Mapiri (Mapiri)
- Mecapaca (Mecapaca)
- Mocomoco (Mocomoco)
- Nazacara de Pacajes (Nazacara)
- Palca (Palca)
- Palos Blancos (Palos Blancos)
- Papel Pampa (Papel Pampa)
- Patacamaya (Patacamaya)
- Pelechuco (Pelechuco)
- Pucarani (Pucarani)
- Puerto Acosta (Puerto Acosta)
- Puerto Carabuco (Puerto Carabuco)
- Puerto Pérez (Puerto Perez)
- Quiabaya (Quiabaya)
- Quime (Quime)
- San Andrés de Machaca (San Andrés de Machaca)
- San Buenaventura (San Buenaventura)
- San Pedro de Curahuara (San Pedro de Curahuara de Carangas)
- San Pedro de Tiquina (San Pedro de Tiquina)
- Santiago de Callapa (Callapa)
- Santiago de Huata (Santiago de Huata)
- Santiago de Machaca (Santiago de Machaca)
- Sapahaqui (Sapahaqui)
- Sica Sica (Sica Sica)
- Sorata (Sorata)
- Tacacoma (Tacacoma)
- Taraco (Taraco)
- Teoponte (Teoponte)
- Tiwanaku (Tiwanaku)
- Tipuani (Tipuani)
- Tito Yupanqui (Tito Yupanqui)
- Umala (Umala)
- Umanata (Umanata)
- Viacha (Viacha)
- Waldo Ballivián (Tumarapi)
- Yaco (Yaco)
- Yanacachi (Yanacachi)
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Muntains |
- Alpamayo Chico
- Condoriri
- Anallajsi
- Ancohuma
- Chachacomani
- Chacaltaya
- Illampu
- Illimani
- Huayna Potosí
- Mururata
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Protectit auries |
- Apolobamba
- Cotapata
- Madidi
- Pilón Lajas
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