Bolívar Province (Bolivia)
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Country | Bolivia |
Department | Cochabamba |
Seat | Bolívar |
surface | 413 km² |
Residents | 7279 (2012) |
density | 18 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | BO-C |
Coordinates: 18 ° 0 ′ S , 66 ° 40 ′ W
Bolívar (also: Simón Bolívar ) is one of sixteen provinces in the southwestern part of the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia and bears its name in honor of the South American freedom hero Simón Bolívar .
location
The province is located in the northern foothills of the Bolivian Cordillera Central between the large cities of Oruro and Cochabamba , off the main road Ruta 4 . It borders on the Oruro Department to the west, the Potosí Department to the south and southeast , and the Arque Province to the north .
The province extends between about 17 ° 53 'and 18 ° 08' south latitude and 66 ° 50 'and 67 ° 15' west longitude, its extension from west to east is 35 kilometers, from north to south 20 kilometers.
population
The population of the province of Bolívar has increased only slightly in the past two decades and has even decreased in the last decade:
year | Residents | source |
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1992 | 7,081 | census |
2001 | 8,635 | census |
2012 | 7,279 | census |
38.8 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 47.1 percent. (1992)
Only 34.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 96.5 percent speak Quechua , and 1.8 percent speak Aymara . (1992)
99.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 96.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .
83.6 percent of the population are Catholic , 13.9 percent are Protestant (1992) .
structure
The province of Bolívar consists of only one municipality :
- 03-1501 Municipio Bolívar
Localities in the province of Bolívar
- Bolívar 484 pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
Web links
- Department of Cochabamba - Social data (PDF 7.77 MB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Bolívar - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )