Aroma Province

Aroma is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department. It is situated in the southern parts of the department. Its seat is Sica Sica (Sika Sika).

Aroma
Province
Illimani, as seen from Collana
Location of Aroma Province within Bolivia
Provinces of the La Paz Department
Coordinates: 17°20′0″S 67°50′0″W
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
CapitalSica Sica (Sika Sika)
Area
 • Total4,510 km2 (1,740 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 census)
 • Total97,364
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Ethnicities
Aymara

Location

Aroma province is located between 16° 43' and 17° 35' South and between 67° 22' and 68° 23' West. It extends over 120 km from north west to south east, and up to 55 km from north east to south west.

The province is situated on the Bolivian Altiplano south east of Lake Titicaca and borders Ingavi Province in the north west, Pacajes Province in the west, Gualberto Villarroel Province in the south, Oruro Department in the south east, Loayza Province in the east, and Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the north.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]

Population

The population of Aroma Province has increased by 80% over the recent two decades:

  • 1992: 65,730 inhabitants (census)
  • 2001: 86,480 inhabitants (census)
  • 2005: 99,162 inhabitants (est.)[2]
  • 2010: 110,418 inhabitants (est.)[3]

45.1% of the population are younger than 15 years old. (1992)

79.9% of the population speak Spanish, 93.9% speak Aymara, and 6.7% Quechua. (2001)

The literacy rate of the population of the province is 78.4%. (1992)

82.1% of the population have no access to electricity, 88.0% have no sanitary facilities. (1992)

69.2% of the population are Catholics, 25.5% are Protestants. (1992)

Division

The province comprises seven municipios which are further subdivided into cantons.

Section Municipality Inhabitants (2001)[4] Seat Inhabitants (2001)[4]
1stSica Sica Municipality26,818Sica Sica3,831
2ndUmala Municipality9,583Umala152
3rdAyo Ayo Municipality6,981Ayo Ayo647
4thCalamarca Municipality12,112Calamarca943
5thPatacamaya Municipality20,039Patacamaya8,414
6thColquencha Municipality8,020Colquencha2,352
7thCollana Municipality2,927Collana1,936

See also

References
  1. IGM map 1:50,000 Sicasica 6042-II
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived August 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

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