José Manuel Pando Province

Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia

17°10′0″S 69°20′0″W / 17.16667°S 69.33333°W / -17.16667; -69.33333Country

BoliviaDepartmentLa Paz DepartmentMunicipalities2FoundedApril 22, 1986CapitalSantiago de MachacaArea

• Total1,976 km² (763 sq mi)Elevation

3,893 m (12,772 ft)Population

(2012 census)

• Total7,381 • Density3.7/km² (9.7/sq mi) • Ethnicities

AymaraTime zoneUTC-4 (BOT)WebsiteOfficial website

José Manuel Pando is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was founded on April 22, 1986, during the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro. The province was named after José Manuel Pando (1848-1917) who was the president of Bolivia from 1899 till 1904. Its capital is Santiago de Machaca.

The province is situated in the western part of the Bolivian Altiplano, south of Lake Titicaca. To the west it is bordered by Peru, to the southeast by the Pacajes Province and to the northeast by the Ingavi Province.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:^[1]^[2]

Apachita
Ch'alla Willk'i
Ch'iyar Jaqhi
Jach'a Qiñwa Qullu
Janq'u Qullu
Jichu Kunka
Jisk'a Qiñwa Qullu
Jisk'a Wari Kunka
Katari
Laram Q'awa
Llallawa
Misa Willk'i
P'iq'iñ Q'ara
Qiñwani
Qiwñuyu
Qutani
Sinijawi
Sirk'i volcano
Tatitu Qullu
Wari Kunka
Wila Qullu
Wila Willk'i

Subdivision

The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.

Municipality	Inhabitants (2001) ^[3]	Seat	Inhabitants (2001)
Santiago de Machaca Municipality	4,402	Santiago de Machaca	819
Catacora Municipality	1,735	Catacora	529

References

^ Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Berenguela 5742-II
^ IGM map 1:50,000 Sinejavi 5742-III
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)