# Caranavi Province

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Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Caranavi Province Location of Caranavi Province within Bolivia Provinces of the La Paz Department Coordinates: 15°40′0″S 67°25′0″W / 15.66667°S 67.41667°W / -15.66667; -67.41667 Country Bolivia Department La Paz Department Municipalities 2 Established 1992 Capital Caranavi Area • Total 3,400 km2 (1,300 sq mi) Population (2024 census) • Total 69,533 • Density 20/km2 (53/sq mi) Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

**Caranavi Province** is one of the twenty provinces of the [Bolivian](/source/Bolivia) [La Paz Department](/source/La_Paz_Department%2C_Bolivia) 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](/source/Nor_Yungas_Province).[1] 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.[2]

## Location

*Caranavi Province* is located between 15° 20' and 16° 03' [South](/source/Latitude) and between 67° 07' and 67° 42' [West](/source/Longitude). It extends over 55 km from West to East, and 75 km from North to South.

The province is situated on the Bolivian [Altiplano](/source/Altiplano) east of [Lake Titicaca](/source/Lake_Titicaca), on the headwaters of [Río Beni](/source/Beni_River), and borders [Larecaja Province](/source/Larecaja_Province) and in the Northwest, [Pedro Domingo Murillo Province](/source/Pedro_Domingo_Murillo_Province) in the Southwest, [Nor Yungas Province](/source/Nor_Yungas_Province) in the South, and [Sud Yungas Province](/source/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](/source/Census))[3]

- 2001: 51,153 inhabitants ([census](/source/Census))

- 2005: 56,167 inhabitants (est.)[4]

- 2010: 59,090 inhabitants (est.)[5]

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

The [literacy rate](/source/Literacy_rate) of the population is 83.1%. *(1992)*

92.7% of the population speak [Spanish](/source/Spanish_Language), 71.6% speak [Aymara](/source/Aymara_language), and 11.1% [Quechua](/source/Quechua_languages). *(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

As of 2003[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caranavi_Province&action=edit), Caranavi is the main source for Bolivian coffee production and supplies organic coffee to the national and world market.[6]

## Division

Since 23 December 2009, the province is divided into two [municipalities](/source/Municipalities_of_Bolivia)[7][8][9][10] which are further subdivided into 21 cantons.

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.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ley1401_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ley1401_1-1) ["Ley Nº 1401 de 16 de diciembre de 1992"](http://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-L-1401.xhtml). *Lexivox*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Caranavi de tercera sección a provincia"](https://www.eldiario.net/noticias/2014/2014_12/nt141216/nuevoshorizontes.php?n=107&). *El Diario*. 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2018-01-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Santa Cruz Website](http://www.santacruz.gov.bo/websites/provincias/ichilo.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081202105420/http://www.santacruz.gov.bo/websites/provincias/ichilo.html) 2008-12-02 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Instituto Nacional de Estadística](http://www.ine.gov.bo/pdf/boletin/np_2005_75.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070825045345/http://www.ine.gov.bo/pdf/boletin/np_2005_75.pdf) August 25, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones](http://www.ine.gov.bo/PDF/DIFD/ProyeccionesPoblacionProvinciasMunicipiosSantaCruz.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081118162334/http://www.ine.gov.bo/PDF/DIFD/ProyeccionesPoblacionProvinciasMunicipiosSantaCruz.pdf) 2008-11-18 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "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."Hellin, Jon; Sophie Higman (April 2003). [*Feeding the market: South American farmers, trade and globalization*](https://archive.org/details/feedingmarketsou0000hell). Kumarian Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-56549-172-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56549-172-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [www.bolivia.com](http://www.bolivia.com/noticIAS/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia42293.asp) (Spanish)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [www.planguarani.com](http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092055/http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246) 2011-07-15 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (Spanish)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [www.enlared.org.bo](http://www.enlared.org.bo/portal/default.asp?cg2=6543) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100107231401/http://www.enlared.org.bo/portal/default.asp?cg2=6543) January 7, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (Spanish)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Alto Beni municipality was created by Law 4131 on 23 December 2009. ["Alto Beni nace como municipio de Caranavi"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706150403/http://www.cambio.bo/noticia.php?fecha=2010-01-05&idn=12910). *Cambio*. January 5, 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.cambio.bo/noticia.php?fecha=2010-01-05&idn=12910) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

## External links

- [General map of province](https://web.archive.org/web/20120427224208/http://aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/santacruz/t_caranavi.htm)

- [Detailed map of province towns and rivers](https://web.archive.org/web/20120504144336/http://aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/santacruz/caranavi.htm)

- [Population data (Spanish)](https://web.archive.org/web/20081010173558/http://www.ine.gov.bo/default.aspx)

- [Social data (Spanish)](https://web.archive.org/web/20081009065850/http://www.ine.gov.bo/html/dfid/index.htm)

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[15°40′S 67°25′W / 15.667°S 67.417°W / -15.667; -67.417](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Caranavi_Province&params=15_40_S_67_25_W_type:adm2nd_region:BO)

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