Yamparáez Province
Province in Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia
19°10′S 64°58′W / 19.167°S 64.967°W / -19.167; -64.967 (2024 census)
Yamparáez is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca. It is divided in two sections: first section with head in the town of Tarabuco, and the second section with its head in Yamparáez.
Subdivision
The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.
Section | Municipality | Seat |
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1st | Tarabuco Municipality | Tarabuco |
2nd | Yamparáez Municipality | Yamparáez |
The people
The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent.
Ethnic group | Tarabuco Municipality (%) | Yamparáez Municipality (%) |
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Quechua | 92.9 | 96.5 |
Aymara | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Not indigenous | 6.6 | 3.0 |
Other indigenous groups | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
Languages
The languages spoken in the province are mainly Quechua and Spanish.
Language | Tarabuco Municipality | Yamparáez Municipality |
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Quechua | 17,850 | 9,222 |
Aymara | 52 | 21 |
Guaraní | 1 | 0 |
Another native | 2 | 4 |
Spanish | 5,605 | 4,138 |
Foreign | 17 | 6 |
Only native | 12,592 | 5,287 |
Native and Spanish | 5,271 | 3,938 |
Only Spanish | 334 | 200 |
Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
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Capital: Sucre
- Azurduy (Azurduy)
- Camargo (Camargo)
- Camataqui (Camataqui)
- Culpina (Culpina)
- El Villar (El Villar)
- Huacareta (Huacareta)
- Huacaya (Huacaya)
- Icla (Icla)
- Incahuasi (Incahuasi)
- Las Carreras (Las Carreras)
- Macharetí (Macharetí)
- Mojocoya (Mojocoya)
- Monteagudo (Monteagudo)
- Muyupampa (Villa Vaca Guzmán)
- Padilla (Padilla)
- Poroma (Poroma)
- Presto (Presto)
- San Lucas (San Lucas)
- Sopachuy (Sopachuy)
- Sucre (Sucre)
- Tarabuco (Tarabuco)
- Tarvita (Villa Orias)
- Tomina (Tomina)
- Villa Alcalá (Villa Alcalá)
- Villa Charcas (Villa Charcas)
- Villa Serrano (Villa Serrano)
- Villa Zudáñez (Zudáñez)
- Yotala (Yotala)
- Yamparáez (Yamparáez)
19°10′01″S 64°58′01″W / 19.167°S 64.967°W / -19.167; -64.967
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