Iténez Province

Iténez Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Beni
Seat	Magdalena
surface	41,286 km²
Residents	21,353 (2012 census)
density	0.5 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BOB

Coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′  S , 63 ° 20 ′  W

Iténez is a province in the eastern part of the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province is one of eight provinces in the Beni department. It borders in the west on the province of Mamoré , in the southwest on the province of Cercado , in the southeast on the department of Santa Cruz , and in the east and north on the Republic of Brazil .

The province extends roughly between 12 ° 25 'and 14 ° 15' south latitude and 61 ° 30 'and 64 ° 25' west longitude, its extent from west to east is up to 390 kilometers, from north to south 260 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Cercado has increased by about a third over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 16,300 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 18,878 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 21,353 inhabitants (census)

50.7 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 86.0 percent. ( 2001 )

99.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 0.4 percent Quechua , 0.3 percent Aymara , and 2.6 percent other indigenous languages. ( 1992 )

69.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 32.7 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 1992 )

86.3 percent of the population are Catholic , 12.3 percent are Protestant . ( 1992 )

structure

The province of Iténez was divided into the following three municipalities in the 2012 census :

• 08-0801 Municipio Magdalena (14,156 km²) in the north-western part of the province - 11,277 inhabitants - 0.8 inhabitants / km²
• 08-0802 Municipio Baures (21,684 km²) in the eastern part of the province - 5,965 inhabitants - 0.3 inhabitants / km²
• 08-0803 Municipio Huacaraje (5,446 km²) in the south-western part of the province - 4,111 inhabitants - 0.8 inhabitants / km²

Localities in the province of Iténez

• Municipio Magdalena
  • Magdalena 5516 pop - Bella Vista 2440 pop - Orobayaya 536 pop - Versalles 142 pop.

• Municipio Baures
  • Baures 2127 pop - Remanso 851 pop

• Municipio Huacaraje
  • Huacaraje 2053 pop - El Carmén 1059 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 Magdalena - detailed map and population data
• Municipio Baures - detailed map and population data
• Municipio Huacaraje - detailed map and population data