Sajama Province

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Sajama Province is a remote administrative region in western Bolivia’s Oruro Department, best known for encompassing Nevado Sajama and the surrounding high-altitude Andean landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
Sajama Province canonical 3
Itonomas Province 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
province
administrativeLevel second-level administrative division of Bolivia
borders Chile
La Paz Department
capital Curahuara de Carangas
climate cold semi-arid
high mountain climate
contains Nevado Sajama
Sajama National Park
high-altitude Andean landscapes
country Bolivia
elevation high-altitude
ethnicGroup Aymara people
hasFeature puna grasslands
salt flats
wetlands
hasProtectedArea Sajama National Park
highestPoint Nevado Sajama
knownFor Aymara people
surface form: Aymara culture

altiplano scenery
colonial churches
geysers and hot springs
llama and alpaca herding
pre-Columbian archaeological sites
queñua (Polylepis) forests
volcanic peaks
language Aymara
Spanish
locatedIn Andes
western Bolivia
namedAfter Nevado Sajama
partOf Oruro Department
populationDensity sparsely populated
primaryEconomicActivity pastoralism
subsistence agriculture
tourism
regionType remote region
seat Curahuara de Carangas
terrain altiplano
high plateaus
volcanic mountains
tourismAttraction Nevado Sajama
Sajama National Park
high-altitude trekking
hot springs
mountaineering

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nevado Sajama locatedIn Sajama Province
Itonama people primarySettlementArea Sajama Province
this entity surface form: Itonomas Province
Sajama locatedIn Sajama Province