Aroma Province

Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia

17°20′0″S 67°50′0″W / 17.33333°S 67.83333°W / -17.33333; -67.83333Country

BoliviaDepartmentLa Paz DepartmentCapitalSica Sica (Sika Sika)Area

• Total4,510 km² (1,740 sq mi)Population

(2012 census)

• Total97,364 • Density22/km² (56/sq mi) • Ethnicities

AymaraTime zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

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).

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]

Aya Wayku Apachita
Chullunkhäni
Chuqi Q'awa
Chuqi Sillani
Chuwalla
Chuwallani
Inka Pukara
Janq'u Jaqhi
Janq'u Uta
Jaqhi Chata
Llallawa (Patacamaya)
Llallawa (Sica Sica)
Lluqu Lluqu
Lluxita Punta
Malla Jaqhi
Millu Jaqhi
Misk'i Wat'a
Puna Pata
Qillqatiri
Qhapaqa
Q'ara Willk'i
Sipi Sipi
Tanka Tanka
Titiri
Wayrata Punta
Wila Pukara
Wisk'achani

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]
1st	Sica Sica Municipality	26,818	Sica Sica	3,831
2nd	Umala Municipality	9,583	Umala	152
3rd	Ayo Ayo Municipality	6,981	Ayo Ayo	647
4th	Calamarca Municipality	12,112	Calamarca	943
5th	Patacamaya Municipality	20,039	Patacamaya	8,414
6th	Colquencha Municipality	8,020	Colquencha	2,352
7th	Collana Municipality	2,927	Collana	1,936

Villages

Lahuachaca

References

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