Poopó Province

"Poopó, Oruro" redirects here. For other uses, see Poopó (disambiguation).

Poopó
Province
Poopó Lake with flamingos
Location of Poopó Province in Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°43′S 66°37′W
Country	Bolivia
Department	Oruro
Capital	Poopó
Area
• Total	2,034 km2 (785 sq mi)
Population  (2024 census)
• Total	16,986
• Density	8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Quechua
Languages spoken
• Spanish	86%
• Quechua	78%
• Aymara	22%
Sectors
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Poopó is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its seat is Poopó.

Location

Poopó province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 15' and 18° 50' South and between 66° 19' and 66° 54' West.

The province borders Pantaléon Dalence Province in the northeast, Cercado Province in the northwest, Saucarí Province in the west, Sud Carangas Province in the southwest, Eduardo Avaroa Province in the south, and Potosí Department in the east.

The province extends over 70 km (43.5 mi) from north to south, and 70 km (43.5 mi) from east to west.

Geography

The province lies east of the Desaguadero River and Poopó Lake.

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Chachakumani Chuqi Nasa Chuwallani Ch'alla Wintu Ch'ankha Ch'api Ch'api Kisuri Kuntur Ikiña Llallawani

Pä Qullu Puka Kancha Pukara Qachi Qachi Qala Pirqata Quri Mina Tani Tani Tanka Qullu Taypi Qullu

Urqu Jipiña Wallatiri Wanqa Nasa Wila Ch'ankha Wila Ñiq'i Wisk'achani Yana Pukara Yana Phusa

Population

The main language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 86%. In addition to Spanish, 78% of the population speak Quechua and 22% Aymara (1992).

The population decreased from 17,437 inhabitants (1992 census) to 14,984 (2001 census), a decrease of 5.2%. - 45.2% of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992).

44% of the population have no access to electricity, 89% have no sanitary facilities (1992).

61% of the population are employed in agriculture, 12% in mining, 5% in industry, 22% in general services (2001).

86% of the population are Catholics, 12% are Protestants (1992).

Division

The province comprises three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.

Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	Poopó Municipality	Poopó
2nd	Pazña Municipality	Pazña
3rd	Antequera Municipality	Antequera

External links

• Population data (Spanish)