Jaime Zudáñez Province

Jaime Zudáñez Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Chuquisaca
Seat	Zudáñez
surface	3738 km²
Residents	39,009 (2012 census)
density	10 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-H

Coordinates: 19 ° 1 ′  S , 64 ° 42 ′  W

Jaime Zudáñez is a province in the northwestern part of the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

The province bears its name in honor of the freedom fighter Jaime de Zudáñez (1772-1832), who was born in this region.

location

The province is one of ten provinces in the Chuquisaca department. It borders in the northwest with the province of Oropeza , in the west with the province Yamparáez , in the southwest with the department Potosí , in the south with the province Azurduy , in the east with the province Tomina , in the northeast with the province Belisario Boeto , and in the north with the Department of Cochabamba .

The province extends approximately between 18 ° 29 'and 19 ° 41' south latitude and 64 ° 28 'and 65 ° 04' west longitude, its extent from west to east is up to 55 kilometers, from north to south 110 kilometers.

population

The population of Jaime Zudáñez Province has increased by around a third over the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	30 982	census
2001	33 482	census
2012	39 009	census

45.3 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 43.2 percent. (1992)

34.1 percent of the population speak Spanish , 97.2 percent Quechua , and 0.3 percent Aymara . (1992)

93.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 92.7 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

94.4 percent of the population are Catholic , 3.1 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Jaime Zudáñez is divided into the following four districts ( Bolivian : Municipios ):

• 01-0301 Municipio Zudáñez - 11,828 inhabitants (2012)
• 01-0302 Municipio Presto - 11,856 inhabitants
• 01-0303 Municipio Mojocoya - 7,919 inhabitants
• 01-0304 Municipio Icla - 7,406 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Jaime Zudáñez

• Municipio Zudáñez
  • Zudáñez 3177 pop - Zudáñez (Capilla Llave) 991 pop - Sundur Huasi 652 pop.

• Municipio Presto
  • Presto 2908 pop - Pasopaya 797 pop - Rodeo 295 pop

• Municipio Mojocoya
  • Redención Pampa 1138 pop - Mojocoya 294 pop.

• Municipio Icla
  • San Jacinto population 621 - Jatun Mayu pop 581 - Thaqo Pampa pop 547 - Chunca Cancha pop 532 - Icla pop 505 - Chahuarani pop 456 - Candelaria pop 289.

Individual evidence

1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
3. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from 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

• Departamento Chuquisaca - social data (PDF 4.32 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Zudáñez - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Presto - detailed map and population data (PDF) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Mojocoya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 453 kB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Icla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 698 kB) ( Spanish )