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'''Sud Carangas''' is a [[province]] in the [[Bolivia|Bolivian]] [[Departments of Bolivia|department]] of [[Oruro Department|Oruro]].

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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Location in Bolivia

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| colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Image:Bolivia Oruro Sud Carangas.png|center|270px]]

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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Main Data

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| [[Capital (political)|Capital]] || [[Andamarca, Oruro|Santiago de Andamarca]]

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| [[Area]] || 3,731&nbsp;km²

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| [[Population]] || 6,136 ''<small>(2001)</small>''

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| [[Density]] || 1.6 inhabitants/km² ''<small>(2001)</small>''

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| [[ISO 3166-2]] || BO.OR.SC

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'''Sud Carangas''' is a [[Provinces of Bolivia|province]] in the central parts of the [[Bolivia|Bolivian]]n [[Departments of Bolivia|department]] of [[Oruro Department|Oruro]].

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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' [[Latitude|South]] and between 66° 37' and 67° 34' [[Longitude|West]].

The province borders [[Saucarí Province]] in the North, [[Carangas Province]] in the Northwest, [[Litoral Province (Bolivia)|Litoral Province]] in the West, [[Ladislao Cabrera Province]] in the South, [[Sebastián Pagador Province]] in the Southeast, [[Eduardo Avaroa Province]] in the East, and [[Poopó Province]] in the Northeast. The province borders [[Poopó Lake]] in the East.

The province extends over 60&nbsp;km from North to South, and 100&nbsp;km from East to West.

==Population==

The main language of the province is [[Aymara language|Aymara]], spoken by 96.5%, while 78.1% of the population speak [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] and 46.0% [[Quechua language|Quechua]] (1992).

The population increased from 4,028 inhabitants (1992 [[census]]) 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 [[Electricity generation|electricity]], 98.7% have no [[Tap water|sanitary facilities]] (1992).

77.9% of the population are employed in [[Primary sector of industry|agriculture]], 4.1% in [[Secondary sector of industry|industry]], 18.0% in [[Tertiary sector of industry|general services]] (2001).

74.8% of the population are [[Roman Catholicism in Bolivia|Catholics]], 18.9% are [[Protestantism in South America|Protestants]] (1992).

==Division==

The province comprises two [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipalities]] which are further subdivided into [[Cantons of Bolivia|cantons]].

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| 1st || [[Andamarca Municipality]] || [[Andamarca (Oruro)|Andamarca]]

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| 2nd || [[Belén de Andamarca Municipality]] || [[Belén de Andamarca]]

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==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201540/http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/oruro/t_scarangas.htm General map of province]

*[http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/oruro/scarangas.htm Detailed map of province towns and rivers]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091113141644/http://www.ine.gov.bo/ Population data (Spanish)]

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{{Oruro Department}}

[[Category:Provinces of Oruro Department]]