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Aroma is ane o the twinty provinces o the Bolivie La Paz Depairtment an is situatit in the depairtment's soothren pairts.
Aroma | |
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Province | |
Illimani, as seen frae Collana | |
Location o Aroma Province athin Bolivie | |
Provinces o the La Paz Depairtment | |
Coordinates: 17°20′0″S 67°50′0″W | |
Kintra | Bolivie |
Depairtment | La Paz Depairtment |
Caipital | Sica Sica |
Area | |
• Total | 4510 km2 (1,740 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 86,480 |
• Density | 19.2/km2 (50/sq mi) |
• Ethnicities | Aymara |
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:
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 | Municipality | Inhabitants (2001)[3] | Seat | Inhabitants (2001)[3] |
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1st | Sica Sica Municipality | 26,818 | Sica Sica | 3,831 |
2nd | Umala Municipality | 9,583 | Umala | 152 |
3rd | Ayo Ayo Municipality | 6,981 | Ayo Ayo | 647 |
4th | Calamarca Municipality | 12,112 | Calamarca | 943 |
5th | Patacamaya Municipality | 20,039 | Patacamaya | 8,414 |
6th | Colquencha Municipality | 8,020 | Colquencha | 2,352 |
7th | Collana Municipality | 2,927 | Collana | 1,936 |
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