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Litoral Province (Bolivia)
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For other uses, see Litoral Province (Equatorial Guinea) and Littoral Province (Cameroon).
| Location in Bolivia | |
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| Capital | Huachacalla |
| Area | 2,379 km² |
| Population | 4,555 (2001) |
| Density | 1.9 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.OR.LT |
Litoral (or: Litoral de Atacama) is a province in the southwestern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.
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Ladislao Cabrera province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 18° 32' and 19° 04' South and between 67° 29' and 68° 06' West.
The province borders Sajama Province in the North, Atahuallpa Province in the West and South, Sud Carangas Province in the Southeast, and Carangas Province in the Northeast.
The province extends over 65 km from North to South, and 55 km from East to West.
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 89.8 %, while 76.0 % of the population speak Aymara and 13.7 % Quechua.
The population increased from 2,087 inhabitants (1992 census) to 4,555 (2001 census), an increase of more than 100 %. - 34.5 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.
94.5 % of the population have no access to electricity, 90.5 % have no sanitary facilities.
78.0 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 3.1 % in industry, 18.9 % in general services (2001).
77.6 % of the population are Catholics, 16.3 % are Protestants (1992).
The province comprises five municipios: