Moxos Province

Moxos Province
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Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Beni
Seat	San Ignacio de Moxos
surface	24,978 km²
Residents	21,195 (2012 census)
density	0.8 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BOB

-15.666666666667 -65.916666666667Coordinates: 15 ° 40 ′ S , 65 ° 55 ′ W

Moxos is a province in the southern 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 northwest with the province of Yacuma , in the southwest with the province Ballivián , in the south with the department Cochabamba , in the southeast with the province Marbán , and in the northeast with the province Cercado .

The province extends approximately between 14 ° 07 'and 16 ° 18' south latitude and 65 ° 00 'and 66 ° 50' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 200 kilometers, from north to south 320 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Moxos has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:

1992 : 17,602 inhabitants ( census )
2001 : 21,643 inhabitants (census)
2012 : 21,195 inhabitants (census)

51.1 percent of the population is younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 70.5 percent. ( 2001 ) 96.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 0.7 percent Quechua , 0.5 percent Aymara , and 34.0 percent other indigenous languages. ( 1992 )

79.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 68.3 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 1992 )

88.1 percent of the population are Catholic , 8.8 percent are Protestant . ( 1992 )