Official Name: | Mineros |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Obispo Santistevan Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Mineros Municipality |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 18,340 |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -17.1178°N -63.2331°W |
Mineros is a city of Bolivia, capital of the Mineros Municipality of the Santa Cruz Department, 83 km north of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Due to the policy of the 1960s that forced the indigenous people of the Altiplano to immigrate, 23.3% of the population knows how to speak Quechua.[1]
Year | Population | Source | |
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1976 | 6,184 | Census of 1976[2] | |
1992 | 11,181 | Census of 1992[3] | |
2001 | 13,283 | Census of 2001[4] | |
2012 | 18,340 | Census of 2012[5] |