Mineros, Bolivia

Mineros is a city of Bolivia, capital of the Mineros Municipality of the Santa Cruz Department, 83 km north of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Due to the policy of the 1960s that forced the indigenous people of the Altiplano to immigrate, 23.3% of the population knows how to speak Quechua.[2]

Mineros
City
Mineros
Location in Bolivia.
Coordinates: 17°07′04″S 63°13′59″W
Country Bolivia
Department Santa Cruz Department
ProvinceObispo Santistevan Province
MunicipalityMineros Municipality
Population
 (2012)[1]
  Total18,340
Time zoneUTC-4 (BST)

Population

Year Population Source
1976 6,184 Census of 1976[3]
1992 11,181 Census of 1992[4]
2001 13,283 Census of 2001[5]
2012 18,340 Census of 2012[6]

References


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