Population
The population of the district increased at 34.0% from 1,259 inhabitants (census 1992) to 1,687 inhabitants (2001), there is no urban population in this district. 44.9% of the population are younger than 15 years old, the rate of literacy is 77.7% (1992).
Main idiom of the province is Aymara, spoken by 97.0%, while 76.7% of the population speak Spanish and 43.3% Quechua (1992). 71.4% of the population are Catholic, 17.5% are Protestant (1992).
The village of Isallawi in the Orinoca District is the birthplace of Evo Morales, Bolivia's President.
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