Bolívar Province, Bolivia

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Bolívar (also: Simón Bolívar ) is one of sixteen provinces in the southwestern part of the Bolivian department of Cochabamba and bears her name in honor of the South African freedom fighter Simón Bolívar.

Location

The province is located in the northern foothills of the Bolivian Cordillera Central between the cities of Oruro and Cochabamba, off the highway highway Ruta 4 is bounded on the west by the department of Oruro, in the south and southeast by the Potosí Department, and to the north by the province Arque.

The province extends from about 17 ° 53 'and 18 ° 08' south latitude and 66 ° 50 ' and 67 ° 15 ' west longitude, its extent from east to west is 35 kilometers from north to south, 20 km.

Population

The population of the province of Bolívar is only slightly increased over the past two decades, in the last decade has actually fallen:

38.8 percent of the population are younger than 15 years, the literacy rate in the province is 47.1 percent. (1992)

Only 34.9 percent of the population speak Spanish, 96.5 percent speak Quechua, Aymara and 1.8 percent. (1992)

99.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 96.6 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).

83.6 percent of the population are Catholics, 13.9 percent are Protestant (1992).

Structure

The Bolívar province consists of only one municipality:

• Municipio Bolívar