Marbán Province

Marbán Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Beni
Seat	Loreto
surface	16,709 km²
Residents	16,331 (2012)
density	1 inhabitant per km²
ISO 3166-2	BOB

Coordinates: 15 ° 20 ′  S , 64 ° 30 ′  W

Marbán is a province in the southeastern 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 on the Moxos Province to the west, the Cochabamba Department to the south, the Santa Cruz Department to the east , and the Cercado Province to the north .

The province extends approximately between 14 ° 49 'and 16 ° 13' south latitude and 63 ° 20 'and 65 ° 22' west longitude, its extent from west to east is 280 kilometers, from north to south also up to 280 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Marbán has increased by more than a third in the past two decades:

• 1992 : 11,950 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 14,454 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 16,331 inhabitants (census)

51.7 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 77.2 percent. ( 2001 )

99.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 0.9 percent Quechua , 0.6 percent Guaraní , 0.3 percent Aymara , and 8.0 percent other indigenous languages. ( 1992 )

91.8 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 56.2 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 1992 )

88.3 percent of the population are Catholic , 10.2 percent are Protestant . ( 1992 )

structure

The province of Marbán is divided into the following two municipalities (districts):

• 08-0601 Municipio Loreto (6,751 km²) in the western part of the province - 3,828 inhabitants - 0.6 inhabitants / km²
• 08-0602 Municipio San Andrés (9,958 km²) in the eastern part of the province - 12,503 inhabitants - 1.3 inhabitants / km²

Localities in the province of Marbán

• Municipio Loreto
  • Gundonovia 304 pop - Villa Carmen del Remanzo 155 pop - Sachojere 147 pop - Loreto 128 pop.

• Municipio of San Andrés
  • Puente San Pablo 2,341 pop - Unión y Fé 523 pop - Elvira 339 pop - Perotó 331 pop - Miraflores 315 pop - Villa Alba 294 pop - San Andrés 227 pop - Naranjitos 212 pop - Somopae 113 pop. - San Lorenzo pop. 48

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 Loreto - detailed map and population data
• Municipio San Andrés - detailed map and population data