Nor Chichas Province

Nor Chichas
Province
Vitichi
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Location o the Nor Chichas Province athin Bolivie
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Coordinates: 20°34′0″S 65°45′0″W
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Potosí Depairtment
Caipital	Cotagaita
Area
• Total	8205 km2 (3,168 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	35,323
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Quechua
Area code(s)	BO.PO.NC

Ferberite on matrix with gemmy quartz, Tazna Mine, Atocha-Quechisla Destrict, Nor Chichas Province.

Nor Chichas is a province in the eastren pairts o the Bolivie Potosí Depairtment. Its seat is Cotagaita.

Location

Nor Chichas province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 20° 01' an 21° 08' Sooth an atween 65° 13' an 66° 17' Wast. It borders José María Linares Province in the north, Antonio Quijarro Province in the wast, Sud Chichas Province in the sooth, an Chuquisaca Depairtment in the east. The province extends ower 120 km frae east tae wast an 140 km frae north tae sooth.

Diveesion

The province comprises twa municipalities which are further subdividit intae cantons.

Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	Cotagaita Municipality	Cotagaita
2nd	Vitichi Municipality	Vitichi

Population

The main leid o the province is Quechua, spoken bi 99.5 %, while 69 % o the population speak Spaingie. The population droppit frae 38,250 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 35,323 (2001 census), a decrease o 17 %.

92 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 87 % hae nae sanitary facilities. 73 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 4.5 % in minin, 4 % in industrie, 18.5 % in general services. 79 % o the population are Catholics, 17 % Protestants. 55 % o the population are female.

The fowk are predominantly indigenous ceetizens o Quechua strynd.

Ethnic group	Cotagaita Municipality (%)	Vitichi Municipality (%)
Quechua	89.2	90.4
Aymara	0.7	0.2
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.1	0.0
Nae indigenous	9.4	9.3
Ither indigenous groups	0.6	0.1

References

• Population data (Spaingie) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine