Sud Carangas is a

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in the central parts of the

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n department of

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Location

Sud Carangas province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 38' and 19° 09'

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and between 66° 37' and 67° 34'

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. The province borders Saucarí Province in the North,

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in the Northwest, Litoral Province in the West,

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in the South,

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in the Southeast,

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in the East, and

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in the Northeast. The province borders

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in the East. The province extends over 60 km from North to South, and 100 km from East to West.

Population

The main language of the province is

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, spoken by 96.5%, while 78.1% of the population speak

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and 46.0%

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(1992). The population increased from 4,028 inhabitants (1992

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) to 6,136 (2001 census), an increase of 52%. - 41.1% of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992). 99.9% of the population have no access to

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, 98.7% have no sanitary facilities (1992). 77.9% of the population are employed in

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, 4.1% in

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, 18.0% in general services (2001). 74.8% of the population are

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, 18.9% are

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(1992).

Division

The province comprises two

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which are further subdivided into

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External links

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{{Oruro Department Provinces of Oruro Department