Saucarí Province
province of Bolivia
Saucarí is a province in the central area of the Bolivian department of Oruro. Its seat is Toledo.
Location
Saucarí province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department. It is located between 17° 50' and 18° 47' South and between 66° 47' and 67° 17' West.
The province borders Cercado Province in the north and east, Nor Carangas Province in the northwest, Carangas Province in the west, Sud Carangas Province in the south, and Poopó Province in the southeast.
The province extends over 115 km from North to South, and 40 km from East to West.
Population
The main language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 84%, 83% of the population speak Aymara and 37% speak Quechua (1992).
The population increased from 5,569 inhabitants (1992 census) to 7,763 (2001 census), an increase of 39%. - 33.6% of the population are younger than 15 years old (1992).
82% of the population have no access to electricity, 96% have no sanitary facilities (1992).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Saucarí Province” as province of Bolivia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as province of Bolivia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 6, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1427714. VIAF identifies the subject as 136419466. The Library of Congress control number is no2007085240. Authority coordinates are -18.217, -67.383. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1992 and 2001.
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