Ñuflo de Chávez Province
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| "Iglesias de las Misiones" in Concepción | |
| Location in Bolivia | |
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| General Data | |
| Capital | Concepción |
| Area | 52,043 km² [1] |
| Population | 93,997 (2001) |
| Density | 1.7 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.SC.NC |
| Santa Cruz Department | |
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Ñuflo de Chávez[2] is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz department and is situated in the department's northern central parts. The province's name honors the conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves (1518-1556).
Location
Ñuflo de Chávez Province is located between 13° 45' and 17° 30' South and between 61° 30' and 63° 25' West. It extends over a length of 520 km from North to South, and up to 250 km from West to East.
The province is situated in the Bolivian lowlands and borders Beni Department in the North, Guarayos Province in the Northwest, Obispo Santistevan Province and Ignacio Warnes Province in the Southwest, Andrés Ibáñez Province and Chiquitos Province in the South, and José Miguel de Velasco Province in the East.
Population
The population of Ñuflo de Chávez Province has increased by more than 100 % over the recent two decades:
- 1992: 61,008 inhabitants (census)
- 2001: 93,997 inhabitants (census)
- 2005: 111,813 inhabitants (est.)[3]
- 2010: 131,856 inhabitants (est.)[4]
48.3 % of the population are younger than 15 years old. (1992)
The literacy rate of the province is 72.6 %.
91.6 % of the population speak Spanish, 30.1 % speak Quechua, 2.0 % Aymara, and 1.2 speak Guaraní. (1992)
87.3 % of the population have no access to electricity, 50.4 % have no sanitary facilities. (1992)
79.5 % of the population are Catholics, 17.2 % are Protestants. (1992)
Division
The province comprises five municipios:
- Concepción Municipio - 14,522 inhabitants (2001)[5]
- San Antonio de Lomerío Municipio - 6,293 inhabitants (2001)[6]
- San Javier Municipio - 11,316 inhabitants (2001)[7]
- San Julián Municipio - 56,206 inhabitants (2001)[8]
- San Ramón Municipio - 5,660 inhabitants (2001)[9]
References
- ^ Santa Cruz Prefectura
- ^ Ñuflo de Chaves (1518-1568) was a Spanish conquistador. He is best known for founding the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones
- ^ Federación de Asociaciones Municipales de Bolivia
- ^ Federación de Asociaciones Municipales de Bolivia
- ^ Federación de Asociaciones Municipales de Bolivia
- ^ Federación de Asociaciones Municipales de Bolivia
- ^ Federación de Asociaciones Municipales de Bolivia