Sara Province

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Sara Province
location
Basic data
Country Bolivia
Department Santa Cruz
Seat Portachuelo
surface 6886 km²
Residents 42,278 (2012)
density 6.1 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 BO-S

Coordinates: 17 ° 0 ′  S , 63 ° 35 ′  W

Sara is a province in the northwestern part of the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .

The province has existed since September 25, 1883 and is named after the river " Sara " ( still water ), which got its name from the Chané people who originally lived here . Today the " Sara " bears the name " Guapay ", which was given to it by the Chiriguanos people , or " Río Grande " which comes from the Spanish colonists.

location

The province is one of fifteen provinces in the Santa Cruz Department. It is bordered by the Ichilo Province to the west, the Andrés Ibáñez Province to the south, the Ignacio Warnes Province to the southeast , and the Obispo Santistevan Province to the northeast .

It extends between 16 ° 20 'and 17 ° 40' southern latitude and 63 ° 11 'and 64 ° 05' western longitude, its length from northwest to southeast is 210 kilometers, its maximum width is 50 kilometers. The border of the province to the two neighboring provinces in the east and northeast is the Río Piraí . It has a size of 6886 square kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Sara has increased by almost half in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 29,607 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 37,733 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 42,278 inhabitants (census)

44.6 provincial population are younger than 15 years. 97.6 province of the population speak Spanish , 11.1 province Quechua , 1.4 province Guaraní and 0.5 province Aymara .

43.9 provinces of the population have no access to electricity , 45.5 provinces live without sanitary facilities (1992).

90.4 provinces of the population are Catholic , 7.4 provinces are Protestant (1992).

structure

In the last census of 2012, the province of Sara was divided into the following three districts ( Bolivian : Municipios ):

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet portal of the Santa Cruz prefecture  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.santacruz.gob.bo  
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
  4. ↑ GEOHive according to: Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2013

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