Azurduy Province

-20 - 64.5Koordinaten: 20 ° 0 ' S, 64 ° 30 ' W

Juana Azurduy de Padilla (short: Azurduy ) is a province in the northeastern part of the department of Chuquisaca in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

The province takes its name in honor of Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1781-1862) who along with her husband, Manuel Padilla Asencio (1773-1816), who fought in the Bolivian war of independence against Spain.

Location

The province is one of the ten provinces in the department of Chuquisaca. It is bounded on the northwest by the Department of Potosí, to the west and south by the province of Nor Cinti, to the east by the province of Hernando Siles, and in the north- east by the province Tomina.

The province extends approximately between 19 ° 32 'and 20 ° 30' south latitude and 64 ° 17 'and 64 ° 47 ' west longitude, its extent from east to west is 30 km, from north to south 100 km.

Population

The population of the province Azurduy has risen in the past two decades in the meantime by a quarter, but then fell back almost to the output data:

47.2 percent of the population are younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 41.6 percent. (1992)

45.9 percent of the population speak Spanish, 77.1 percent Quechua, Aymara and 0.2 percent. (1992)

97.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 96.9 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).

96.1 percent of the population are Catholics, 2.3 percent are Protestant (1992).

Structure

The Azurduy province is divided into two municipios:

  • Municipio Azurduy - 11,349 inhabitants ( 2001)
  • Municipio Tarvita - 15,166 inhabitants ( 2001)
Departamento Chuquisaca Department Administrative centre Departments of Bolivia Tomina Province Aymara language Municipios of Bolivia Azurduy Municipality Beni Department Cochabamba Department La Paz Department (Bolivia) Oruro Department Pando Department Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Tarija Department Belisario Boeto Province Luis Calvo Oropeza Province Sud Cinti Province
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