Burdett O'Connor Province
- 21.5 - 64.083333333333Koordinaten: 21 ° 30 ' S, 64 ° 5' W
Burnet O'Connor (also: Burdet O'Connor ) is a province in the northern part of the department of Tarija in the South American Andes State of Bolivia. The province is named after General Francisco Burdet O'Connor, chronicler of the South American war of independence and the development of Tarija.
Location
The Burnet O'Connor Province is one of six provinces in the department of Tarija. It lies between 20 ° 53 'and 21 ° 58' south latitude and between 63 ° 36 'and 64 ° 26 ' west longitude.
The province is bordered on the north by the department of Chuquisaca, in the northwest of the province Eustaquio Méndez, to the west by the province of Cercado, on the southwest by the province of Aniceto Arce, and to the south and east by the province of Gran Chaco.
The province extends over a length of 140 kilometers in north-south direction and 100 km in east-west direction.
Population
The population of the province Burnet O'Connor has risen in the past two decades by about a fifth:
The population density of the province at the last census in 2001 was 3.2 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population was 12.5 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.7 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 73 percent, and that 82 percent of men and 62 percent in women ( 2001).
98.4 percent of the population speak Spanish, Guaraní 10.3 percent, 1.8 percent Quechua, Aymara and 0.3 percent.
89.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 84.5 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).
51.6 percent of the working population is employed in agriculture, 14.6 percent in mining, 7.0 percent in industry, 26.8 percent in services ( 2001).
89.9 percent of the population are Catholics, 4.0 percent are Protestant (1992).
Structure
The province is - in contrast to the neighboring provinces - from just one county ( bolivian: Municipio):
- Municipality of Entre Ríos