Burnet O'Connor Province

Burnet O'Connor Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Tarija
Seat	Entre Ríos
surface	6104 km²
Residents	21,378 (2012)
density	3.5 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-T

Coordinates: 21 ° 30 ′  S , 64 ° 5 ′  W

Burnet O'Connor (also: Burdet O'Connor ) is a province in the northern part of the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The province is named after General Francisco Burdett O'Connor , chronicler of the South American War of Independence and the creation of Tarija .

location

The province of Burnet O'Connor is one of six provinces in the Tarija department. It lies between 20 ° 53 'and 21 ° 58' south latitude and between 63 ° 36 'and 64 ° 26' west longitude .

The province is bordered by the Chuquisaca Department in the north, the Eustaquio Méndez Province in the northwest, the Cercado Province in the west, the Aniceto Arce Province in the southwest , and the Gran Chaco Province in the south and east .

The province extends over a length of 140 kilometers in north-south direction and over 100 kilometers in east-west direction.

population

The population of the province of Burnet O'Connor has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:

• 1992 : 17,763 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 19,339 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 21,378 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the province at the last census in 2012 was 3.5 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 18.9 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.7 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 73 percent, 82 percent for men and 62 percent for women ( 2001 ).

98.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 10.3 percent Guaraní , 1.8 percent Quechua , and 0.3 percent Aymara .

89.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 84.5 percent live without sanitary facilities ( 1992 ).

51.6 percent of those in employment work in agriculture , 14.6 percent in mining , 7.0 percent in industry , and 26.8 percent in the service sector ( 2001 ).

89.9 percent of the population are Catholic , 4.0 percent are Protestant ( 1992 ).

structure

In contrast to the neighboring provinces, the province consists of only one district ( Bolivian : Municipio ):

• 06-0601 Municipio Entre Ríos - 21,378 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Burnet O'Connor

• Municipio Entre Ríos
  • Entre Ríos 4044 pop - Palos Blancos 916 pop - Potrerillos 584 pop - Pucara 455 pop - San Josecito 532 pop - San Diego Norte 416 pop - Timboy 406 pop - Puerto Margarita 383 pop - Chiquiaca Centro 373 pop - Narvaez Centro pop 177 - Los Campos pop 165 - Alto Ipaguazu pop 103 - Suaruro pop 65

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

• Municipio Entre Ríos - General Maps No. 60601
• Municipio Entre Ríos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 934 kB) ( Spanish )
• Departamento Tarija - Social data of the provinces (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )