Vaca Díez Province

- 11.416666666667 - 65.666666666667Koordinaten: 11 ° 25 ' S, 65 ° 40 ' W

Vaca Díez (also: Antonio Vaca Díez ) is a province in the northern part of the department of Beni in the South American Andes State of Bolivia. The province takes its name in honor of Antonio Vaca Díez, in the 19th century the first physicians in the region of Beni.

Location

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

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

Population

The population of the province Vaca Díez has risen in the past two decades by about three quarters:

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 speaking Spanish, 2.7 percent Quechua, Aymara 1.4 percent, and 0.8 percent other indigenous languages. (1992)

46.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 22.9 percent have no sanitary facilities (1992).

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

Structure

The Vaca Díez Province is divided into the following two municipios ( counties ):

• Municipio Riberalta ( 13,030 km ²) in the western part of the province - 101 283 inhabitants - 7.8 inhabitants / km ² (2010)
• Municipio Guayaramerín ( 6353 km ²) in the eastern and northern part of the province - 47 057 inhabitants - 7.4 inhabitants / km ²