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'''Caranavi Province''' is one of the twenty provinces of the [[Bolivia]]n [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz Department]] and is situated in the department's eastern parts. The province was created by Law 1401 on 16 December 1992 from a portion of what was then [[Nor Yungas Province]].<ref name=Ley1401>{{cite web|title=Ley Nº 1401 de 16 de diciembre de 1992|url=http://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-L-1401.xhtml|work=Lexivox}}</ref> The creation of the province had been a local cause embraced by Ramiro Revuelta, a Deputy in the national legislature who was assassinated on November 28, 1992.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eldiario.net/noticias/2014/2014_12/nt141216/nuevoshorizontes.php?n=107&|title=Caranavi de tercera sección a provincia|date=2014-12-16|work=El Diario|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>

== Location == ''Caranavi Province'' is located between 15° 20' and 16° 03' [[Latitude|South]] and between 67° 07' and 67° 42' [[Longitude|West]]. It extends over 55&nbsp;km from West to East, and 75&nbsp;km from North to South.

The province is situated on the Bolivian [[Altiplano]] east of [[Lake Titicaca]], on the headwaters of [[Beni River|Río Beni]], and borders [[Larecaja Province]] and in the Northwest, [[Pedro Domingo Murillo Province]] in the Southwest, [[Nor Yungas Province]] in the South, and [[Sud Yungas Province]] in the East and Northeast.

== Population == The population of Caranavi Province has increased by circa 40% over the recent two decades: *1992: 43,093 inhabitants ([[census]])<ref>[http://www.santacruz.gov.bo/websites/provincias/ichilo.html Santa Cruz Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202105420/http://www.santacruz.gov.bo/websites/provincias/ichilo.html |date=2008-12-02 }}</ref> *2001: 51,153 inhabitants ([[census]]) *2005: 56,167 inhabitants (est.)<ref>[http://www.ine.gov.bo/pdf/boletin/np_2005_75.pdf Instituto Nacional de Estadística] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825045345/http://www.ine.gov.bo/pdf/boletin/np_2005_75.pdf |date=August 25, 2007 }}</ref> *2010: 59,090 inhabitants (est.)<ref>[http://www.ine.gov.bo/PDF/DIFD/ProyeccionesPoblacionProvinciasMunicipiosSantaCruz.pdf Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118162334/http://www.ine.gov.bo/PDF/DIFD/ProyeccionesPoblacionProvinciasMunicipiosSantaCruz.pdf |date=2008-11-18 }}</ref>

40.6% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)''

The [[literacy rate]] of the population is 83.1%. ''(1992)''

92.7% of the population speak [[Spanish Language|Spanish]], 71.6% speak [[Aymara language|Aymara]], and 11.1% [[Quechua languages|Quechua]]. ''(1992)''

88.7% of the population have no access to electricity, 65.6% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)''

68.0% of the population are Catholics, 22.9% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

==Economy== {{Asof|2003}}, Caranavi is the main source for Bolivian coffee production and supplies organic coffee to the national and world market.<ref>"Approximately 85 per cent of Bolivia's coffee production comes from the Caranavi area. FECAFEB, like COCLA in Peru, recognizes the benefits of organic coffee and has been promoting organic coffee production since the early 1990s."{{Cite book | publisher = Kumarian Press | isbn = 978-1-56549-172-4 | last = Hellin | first = Jon | author2 = Sophie Higman | title = Feeding the market: South American farmers, trade and globalization | date = April 2003 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/feedingmarketsou0000hell }}</ref>

== Division == Since 23 December 2009, the province is divided into two [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipalities]]<ref>[http://www.bolivia.com/noticIAS/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia42293.asp www.bolivia.com] (Spanish)</ref><ref>[http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246 www.planguarani.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092055/http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246 |date=2011-07-15 }} (Spanish)</ref><ref>[http://www.enlared.org.bo/portal/default.asp?cg2=6543 www.enlared.org.bo] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107231401/http://www.enlared.org.bo/portal/default.asp?cg2=6543 |date=January 7, 2010 }} (Spanish)</ref><ref>Alto Beni municipality was created by Law 4131 on 23 December 2009. {{cite news|title=Alto Beni nace como municipio de Caranavi|url=http://www.cambio.bo/noticia.php?fecha=2010-01-05&idn=12910|access-date=17 September 2010|newspaper=Cambio|date=January 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706150403/http://www.cambio.bo/noticia.php?fecha=2010-01-05&idn=12910|archive-date=6 July 2011}}</ref> which are further subdivided into 21 cantons.

{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:35%;" border="1" |-bgcolor=silver ! '''Section''' ! '''Municipality''' ! '''Seat''' |- | 1st || [[Caranavi Municipality]] || [[Caranavi]] |- | 2nd || [[Alto Beni Municipality]] || [[Caserío Nueve]] |- |}

At the time of its creation in 1992, the province consisted of fourteen cantons: Caranavi, Choro, Taypilaya, Santa Fe, Alcoche, Villa Elevacion, Inca Huara De Ckullu Kuchu, Carrasco Uyunense, Inicua, Santa Ana de Alto Beni, San Pablo, Chojña, Santa Rosa, Belen and Eduardo Abaroa.<ref name=Ley1401 />

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120427224208/http://aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/santacruz/t_caranavi.htm General map of province] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120504144336/http://aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/santacruz/caranavi.htm Detailed map of province towns and rivers] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081010173558/http://www.ine.gov.bo/default.aspx Population data (Spanish)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081009065850/http://www.ine.gov.bo/html/dfid/index.htm Social data (Spanish)]

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