Mineros, Bolivia Explained

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]

Population

Year PopulationSource
19766,184Census of 1976[2]
199211,181Census of 1992[3]
200113,283Census of 2001[4]
201218,340Census of 2012[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ine.gob.bo/PDF/DIFD/IndicadoresSociodemograficosProvinciaMunicipiosLaPaz.pdf INE-Sozialdaten 2001
  2. http://www.citypopulation.de/php/bolivia-santacruz_d.php?cityid=07100301001001 Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population: Mineros (Obispo Santistevan, Santa Cruz)
  3. http://www.ine.gob.bo/indice/poblacion92Proy.aspx?gestion=1992 INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  4. http://www.ine.gob.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=07&Prov=10&Seccion=03 INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  5. http://censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo/localidades/c_listado/ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012