Punata Province | |
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Province | |
![]() Location o the Punata Province athin Bolivie | |
![]() Provinces o the Cochabamba Depairtment | |
Coordinates: 17°35′0″S 66°15′0″W / 17.58333°S 66.25000°W | |
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Depairtment | Cochabamba |
Caipital | Punata |
Area | |
• Total | 850 km2 (330 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2750 m (9,020 ft) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 47,735 |
• Density | 56.2/km2 (146/sq mi) |
Punata is a province amaist in the middle o the Cochabamba Depairtment, Bolivie, locatit aboot 45 km besooth the ceety o Cochabamba. Its caipital is Punata. The province is limitit norlins bi the Chapare Province, nor'eastlins bi the Tiraque Province, eastlins bi the Arani Province, tae the sootheast bi the Mizque Province, soothlins bi the Esteban Arze Province an wastlins bi the Germán Jordán Province.
Its airchaeological an historical steids is the main interest fur furrin tourists.
Punata Province is dividit intae five municipalities whilk is pairtly subdividit thairsels intae cantons.
Section | Municipality | Seat |
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1st | Punata Municipality | Punata |
2nd | Villa Rivero Municipality or Muela Municipality | Villa Rivero |
3rd | San Benito Municipality or Villa José Quintín Mendoza Municipality |
San Benito |
4th | Tacachi Municipality | Tacachi |
5th | Cuchumuela Municipality or Villa Gualberto Villarroel Municipality |
Cuchumuela |
The fowk are predominantly indigenous citizens o Quechuan descent.
Ethnic group | Punata Municipality (%) | Villa Rivero Municipality (%) | San Benito Municipality (%) | Tacachi Municipality (%) | Cuchumuela Municipality (%) |
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Quechua | 76.2 | 93.8 | 87.1 | 92.9 | 94.3 |
Aymara | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
No indigenous | 22.7 | 6.0 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 4.9 |
Ither indigenous groups | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Ref: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
The leids spaken in the Punata Province is mainly Quechua an Spaingie. The follaein table shaws the nummer o thaim belangin the recognised speaker groups.[1]
Leid | Punata Municipality | Villa Rivero Municipality | San Benito Municipality | Tacachi Municipality | Cuchumuela Municipality |
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Quechua | 21,255 | 5,387 | 10,529 | 953 | 1,767 |
Aymara | 256 | 16 | 94 | 4 | 3 |
Guaraní | 25 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Anither native | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Spaingie | 20,797 | 3,394 | 9,650 | 674 | 851 |
Foreign | 148 | 14 | 48 | 3 | 1 |
Anerlie native | 4,232 | 2,201 | 2,450 | 350 | 968 |
Native an Spaingie | 17,096 | 3,194 | 8,105 | 603 | 801 |
Anerlie Spaingie | 3,703 | 200 | 1,545 | 71 | 50 |