Ballivián Province

José Ballivián Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Beni
Seat	Reyes
surface	32,938 km²
Residents	82,700 (2012)
density	2.5 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BOB
View of the center of Reyes (Beni)

Coordinates: 14 ° 0 ′  S , 67 ° 0 ′  W

The province of Ballivián (complete: Provincia del General José Ballivián Segurola ) is a province in the western part of the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . It bears its name in honor of President José Ballivián (1805-1852).

location

The province is one of eight provinces in the Beni department. It borders on the Pando Department in the northwest, the La Paz Department in the west, the Moxos Province in the south, the Yacuma Province in the east , and the Vaca Díez Province in the north .

The province extends between 12 ° 00 'and 15 ° 42' south latitude and 66 ° 17 'and 67 ° 32' west longitude, its extent from west to east is up to 140 kilometers, from north to south 550 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Ballivián has almost doubled over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 47,420 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 68,174 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 82,700 inhabitants (census)

45.6 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 80.0 percent. ( 2001 )

95.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 6.8 percent Aymara , 6.5 percent Quechua , and 9.3 percent other indigenous languages. ( 1992 )

68.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 47.9 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 1992 )

82.5 percent of the population are Catholic , 12.8 percent are Protestant . ( 1992 )

structure

The province of Ballivián is divided into the following four municipalities :

• 08-0301 Municipio Reyes (11,870 km²) in the north-western part of the province - 13,246 inhabitants - 1.1 inhabitants /
• 08-0302 Municipio San Borja (8,542 km²) in the south-eastern part of the province - 40,864 inhabitants - 4.8 inhabitants / km²
• 08-0303 Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma (9,706 km²) in the north-eastern part of the province - 9,395 inhabitants - 1.0 inhabitants / km²
• 08-0304 Municipio Rurrenabaque (2,820 km²) in the south-western part of the province - 19,195 inhabitants - 6.8 inhabitants / km²

Localities in the province of Ballivián

• Municipio Reyes
  • Reyes 7202 pop - Candelaria 195 pop - Puerto Cavinas 112 pop.

• Municipio of San Borja
  • San Borja 17,520 pop - Yucumo 4693 pop - El Palmar 711 pop - Tacuaral de Matos 489 pop - La Cruz 486 pop - Quiquibey 162 pop - Galilea 149 pop - Tierra Santa 148 pop

• Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma
  • Santa Rosa de Yacuma pop 4727 - El Triunfo pop 454 - Comunidad Australia pop 373 - El Cerrito pop 273 - El Rosario pop 248 - Ponton Santa Teresa del Yata pop 55

• Municipio Rurrenabaque
  • Rurrenabaque 13,446 pop - Nuevos Horizontes 575 pop.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Beni Department - Provincial Social Data ( Spanish ) (PDF 3.92 MB)
• Municipio Reyes - detailed map and population data
• Municipio San Borja - detailed map and population data
• Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma - detailed map and population data
• Municipio Rurrenabaque - detailed map and population data