Sud Chichas (or: ''Sur Chichas'') is a

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in the

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n department of

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. Its seat is

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Location

Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 51' and 21° 50'

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and between 65° 15' and 66° 30'

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. It borders

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in the north,

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in the north-west,

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and

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in the west, the Republic of

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and

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in the south,

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in the south-east, and

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in the east. The province extends over 130 km from east to west and from north to south.

Division

The province comprises two

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which are further subdivided into

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Population

The main language of the province is

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, spoken by 96%, while 59% of the population speak

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

. The population dropped from 52,308 inhabitants (1992 census) to 47,873 (2001 census), a decrease of 8.5%. 45% of the population have no access to electricity, 74% have no sanitary facilities. 34% of the population are employed in agriculture, 11% in mining, 6% in industry, 49% in general services. 88% of the population are Catholics, 8% Protestants. The people are predominantly

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citizens of

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References

Population data (Spanish)
{{Authority control Provinces of Potosí Department

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