Sud Chichas is a province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

 in the Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

n department

Departments of Bolivia

Bolivia is divided into nine departments . Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces , which are further subdivided into municipalities ....

 of Potosí

Potosí Department

Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí....

. Its seat is Tupiza

Tupiza

Tupiza is a city in Potosí Department, Bolivia. It is located at around at an elevation of about 3160 m. The population is 23,100...

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Location

Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 51' and 21° 50' South

Latitude

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 and between 65° 15' and 66° 30' West

Longitude

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. It borders Nor Chichas Province

Nor Chichas Province

Nor Chichas is a province in the Eastern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its seat is Cotagaita.-Location:Nor Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 01' and 21° 08' South and between 65° 13' and 66° 17' West...

 in the north, Antonio Quijarro Province

Antonio Quijarro Province

Antonio Quijarro is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department situated at the Salar de Uyuni. Its seat is Uyuni.-Location:Antonio Quijarro province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department...

 in the north-west,
Nor Lípez Province

Nor Lípez Province

Nor Lípez is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Colcha "K", also called Villa Martín. The majority of the province's area was titled as the Nor Lípez Native Community Land on 19 April 2011...

 and Sur Lípez Province in the west, the Republic of Argentina

Argentina

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 and Modesto Omiste Province

Modesto Omiste Province

Modesto Omiste is a province in the south of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Villazón.-Location:Modesto Omiste province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Departamento. It is located between 21° 39' and 22° 06' South and between 65° 10' and 66° 08' West...

 in the south, Tarija Department

Tarija Department

Tarija is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 391,226 inhabitants. It has an area of 37.623 km²...

 in the south-east, and Chuquisaca Department

Chuquisaca Department

Chuquisaca is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.-Geography:...

 in the east.

The province extends over 130 km from east to west and from north to south.

Division

The province comprises two municipalities

Municipalities of Bolivia

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 which are further subdivided into cantons

Cantons of Bolivia

||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....

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Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	Tupiza Municipality Tupiza Municipality Tupiza Municipality is the first municipal section of the Sud Chichas Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Tupiza which is the capital of the province as well.- Subdivision :The municipality consists of the following cantons:* Chillco...	Tupiza Tupiza Tupiza is a city in Potosí Department, Bolivia. It is located at around at an elevation of about 3160 m. The population is 23,100...
2nd	Atocha Municipality Atocha Municipality Atocha Municipality is the second municipal section of the Sud Chichas Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Atocha.- Subdivision :Atocha Municipality was created on September 21 in 1963 by Law No...	Atocha Atocha, Bolivia Atocha is a town in the Sud Chichas Province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Atocha Municipality and Atocha Canton. In 2001 it had 2,033 inhabitants. - External links :*...

Population

The main language of the province is Spanish

Spanish language

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, spoken by 96 %, while 59 % of the population speak Quechua. The population dropped from 52,308 inhabitants (1992 census) to 47,873 (2001 census), a decrease of 8.5 %.

45 % of the population have no access to electricity, 74 % have no sanitary facilities. 34 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 11 % in mining, 6 % in industry, 49 % in general services. 88 % of the population are Catholics, 8 % Protestants.

The people are predominantly indigenous

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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 citizens of Quechua descent.

Ethnic group	Tupiza Municipality (%)	Atocha Municipality (%)
Quechua	57.0	70.6
Aymara	1.7	2.8
Guaraní, Chiquitos Chiquitos Chiquitos means "little ones" in Spanish. The Spanish Conquistadores chose this name for the people living in the rain savannas of what is now the eastern parts of the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia, when they found the small doors of the Indian huts in the region.Today, this area is called Gran... , Moxos Moxos people The Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits...	0.2	0.2
Not indigenous Indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...	38.5	26.4
Other indigenous groups	2.5	0.1