- Cercado Province (Oruro)
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Cercado Location in Bolivia 
Main Data Capital Oruro Area 5,162 km² Population 241,230 (2001) Density 46.7 inhabitants/km² (2001) ISO 3166-2 BO.OR.CE Cercado is a province in the northeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.
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Location
Cercado province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 22' and 18° 35' South and between 66° 21' and 67° 20' West.
It borders Tomas Barrón Province and La Paz Department in the Northwest, Nor Carangas Province and Saucarí Province in the West, Poopó Province and Pantaléon Dalence Province in the Southeast, and Cochabamba Department in the East and North.
The province extends over 135 km from North to South, and 105 km from East to West.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 96.7 %, while 43.3 % of the population speak Quechua and 25.5 % Aymara.
The population increased from 213,755 inhabitants (1992 census) to 241,230 (2001 census), an increase of 12.9 %. - 39.4 % of the population is younger than 15 years old.
18.6 % of the population have no access to electricity, 67.5 % have no sanitary facilities.
16.3 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 1.8 % in mining, 11.9 % in industry, 70.0 % in general services (2001).
83.0 % of the population are Catholics, 13.5 % are Protestants (1992).
Division
The province comprises four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.
Section Municipality Seat Capital Municipality Oruro Municipality Oruro 1st Caracollo Municipality Caracollo 2nd El Choro Municipality El Choro 3rd Soracachi Municipality Soracachi External links
Coordinates: 17°58′S 66°50′W / 17.967°S 66.833°W
Oruro DepartmentCapital: OruroProvinces Atahuallpa • Carangas • Cercado • Eduardo Avaroa • Ladislao Cabrera • Litoral • Puerto de Mejillones • Nor Carangas • Pantaléon Dalence Province • Poopó • Sajama • San Pedro de Totora • Saucarí • Sebastián Pagador • Sud Carangas • Tomas Barrón
Municipalities (and seats) Andamarca (Andamarca) • Antequera (Antequera) • Belén de Andamarca (Belén de Andamarca) • Caracollo (Caracollo) • Carangas (Carangas) • Challapata (Challapata) • Chipaya (Chipaya) • Choquecota (Choquecota) • Coipasa (Coipasa) • Corque (Corque) • Cruz de Machacamarca (Machacamarca) • Curahuara de Carangas (Curahuara de Carangas) • El Choro (El Choro) • Escara (Escara) • Esmeralda (Esmeralda) • Eucaliptus (Eucaliptus) Huachacalla (Huachacalla) • Huayllamarca (Huayllamarca) • La Rivera (La Rivera) • Machacamarca (Machacamarca) • Oruro (Oruro) • Pampa Aullagas (Pampa Aullagas) • Pazña (Pazña) • Sabaya (Sabaya) • Salinas de Garcí Mendoza (Salinas de Garcí Mendoza) • Santiago de Huari (Santiago de Huari) • Santuario de Quillacas (Santuario de Quillacas) • Todos Santos (Todos Santos) • Toledo (Toledo) • Totora (Totora) • Turco (Turco) • Huanuni (Huanuni) • Poopó (Poopó) • Yunguyo del Litoral (Yunguyo)Categories:
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