Official Name: | Nor Yungas |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Bolivia Departamento La Paz.png |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Provinces of the La Paz Department |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Los Andes within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | La Paz Department |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipalities |
Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Coroico |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | January 12, 1899 |
Area Total Km2: | 1720 |
Population As Of: | 2012 census |
Population Total: | 36983 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank1: | Mainly Aymara and Afro-Bolivians |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -16.1667°N -67.6667°W |
Website: | Official website |
Nor Yungas is a province in the Yungas area of the Bolivian department of La Paz.[1] During the presidency of José Manuel Pando the Yungas Province was divided into two parts, the Nor Yungas and the Sud Yungas Province, by law of January 12, 1899. Its administrative seat is the town of Coroico.[2]
The province is divided into two municipalities.
Municipality | Inhabitants (2001) [3] | Seat | Inhabitants (2001) |
---|---|---|---|
12,237 | 2,197 | ||
11,444 | 2,205 | ||