Demographics
It has 429,998 inhabitants as of the 1998 census, one of the lower populations in the country, which gives it 39 seats in the APW, the province's assembly. The population density is 105 inhabitants per square kilometre (272 /sq mi). Of them, 54,4% live in urban areas and 87% have access to safe drinking water, lower than the national average of 89%. . Of the active population of the province, 23,3% work in agriculture, 17,9% in constructions, 9,9% in industry, and 48,9% in the services sector. 21,1% of the population is unemployed.
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