Tomina Province

Province in Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia

19°30′0″S 64°15′0″W / 19.50000°S 64.25000°W / -19.50000; -64.25000Country

BoliviaDepartmentChuquisaca DepartmentCapitalPadillaGovernment

• MayorConstancio Salazar Padilla (2007)Area

• Total1,524 sq mi (3,947 km²)Population

(2001)

• Total37,482 • Density25/sq mi (9.5/km²) • Ethnicities

QuechuaTime zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Tomina is a province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Padilla.

Geography

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

Tomina Province is divided into five municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.

Section	Municipality	Inhabitants (2001) ^[3]	Seat	Inhabitants (2001)
1st	Padilla Municipality	12,562	Padilla	2,714
2nd	Tomina Municipality	9,060	Tomina	983
3rd	Sopachuy Municipality	7,241	Sopachuy	1,478
4th	Villa Alcalá Municipality	4,034	Villa Alcalá	838
5th	El Villar Municipality	4,585	El Villar	486

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent.

Ethnic group	Padilla Municipality (%)	Tomina Municipality (%)	Sopachuy Municipality (%)	Villa Alcalá Municipality (%)	El Villar Municipality (%)
Quechua	55.1	83.8	84.5	29.9	55.2
Aymara	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.7
Not indigenous	43.5	15.8	147	68.5	43.3
Other indigenous groups	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.5	0.5

Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo

The languages spoken in the province are mainly Spanish and Quechua.^[4]

Language	Padilla Municipality	Tomina Municipality	Sopachuy Municipality	Villa Alcalá Municipality	El Villar Municipality
Quechua	2,181	7,831	6,261	1,167	1,264
Aymara	29	23	10	7	15
Guaraní	6	4	3	3	1
Another native	2	2	3	1	0
Spanish	11,585	4,418	3,003	3,576	4,190
Foreign	27	12	9	9	4
Only native	250	4,036	3,791	176	146
Native and Spanish	1,951	3,803	2,478	997	1,123
Only Spanish	9,635	616	526	2,579	3,067