Bernardino Province of Bilbao

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Bernardino Province of Bilbao
location
Basic data
Country Bolivia
Department Potosí
Seat Arampampa
surface 640 km²
Residents 10,224 (2012)
density 16 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 BO-P

Coordinates: 17 ° 59 ′  S , 66 ° 3 ′  W

Bernardino Bilbao (also: General Bernardino Bilbao ) is a province in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia . It is named after the general and politician Bernardino Bilbao Rioja .

location

The province of Bernardino Bilbao is one of sixteen provinces in the Department of Potosí. It borders in the north on the department of Cochabamba , in the southwest on the province of Alonso de Ibáñez , in the south on the province of Charcas .

population

The population of the province of Bernardino Bilbao has changed only marginally over the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 10,045 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 10,623 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 10,224 inhabitants (census)

The capital of the province is Arampampa with 659 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).

structure

The province is divided into two municipalities :

Localities in the province of Bernardino Bilbao

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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo

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