Province of Vaca Díez

Province of Vaca Díez
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Beni
Seat	Riberalta
surface	19,383 km²
Residents	130,778 (2012)
density	6.7 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BOB
Street in the provincial capital Riberalta

Coordinates: 11 ° 25 ′  S , 65 ° 40 ′  W

Vaca Díez (also: Antonio Vaca Díez ) is a province in the northern part of the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The province takes its name in honor of Antonio Vaca Díez , who was the first medical practitioner in the Beni region in the 19th century.

location

The province is one of eight provinces in the Beni department. It borders on the Pando Department to the west, the Ballivián and Yacuma Province to the south, the Mamoré Province to the southeast , and the Republic of Brazil to the east .

The province extends between 10 ° 20 'and 12 ° 04' south latitude and 65 ° 00 'and 67 ° 00' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 210 kilometers, from north to south 230 kilometers.

population

The population of the province of Vaca Díez has increased by around three quarters over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 84,651 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 116,421 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 130,778 inhabitants (census)

46.8 percent of the population are younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 86.7 percent.

98.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 2.7 percent Quechua , 1.4 percent Aymara , and 0.8 percent other indigenous languages. (1992)

46.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 22.9 percent live without sanitary facilities (1992) .

77.2 percent of the population are Catholic , 19.3 percent are Protestant (1992) .

structure

The province of Vaca Díez was divided into the following two Municipios (districts) at the 2012 census :

• 08-0201 Municipio Riberalta (13,030 km²) in the western part of the province - 89,003 inhabitants - 6.8 inhabitants / km²
• 08-0202 Municipio Guayaramerín (6,353 km²) in the eastern and northern part of the province - 41,775 inhabitants - 6.6 inhabitants / km²

Localities in the province of Vaca Díez

• Municipio Riberalta
  • Riberalta 78,754 pop - Alto Ivon 509 pop - La Esperanza 472 pop - Tumichucua 426 pop - Peña Amarilla - 359 pop - Santuario 87 pop - El Triangulo 35 pop.

• Municipio Guayaramerín
  • Guayaramerín 35,764 pop - Cachuela Esperanza 982 pop - Rosario del Yata 548 pop - Villa Bella 200 pop.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
2. ↑ Population figures for Municipio Riberalta 2001
3. ↑ Population figures for Municipio Guayaramerín 2001
4. ↑ 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 Riberalta - detailed map and population data
• Municipio Guayaramerín - detailed map and population data