Bernardino Bilbao Province
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| Location in Bolivia | |
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| Main Data | |
| Capital | Arampampa Arampampa Arampampa is a small town in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 552.-References:... |
| Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... |
786 km² |
| Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... |
10,623 (2001) |
| Density Density The mass density or density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ . In some cases , density is also defined as its weight per unit volume; although, this quantity is more properly called specific weight... |
13.5 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1... |
BO.PO.GB |
Bernardino Bilbao (or: General Bernardino Bilbao Rioja) is a province
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...
in the Northern parts of the Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n department
Departments of Bolivia
Bolivia is divided into nine departments . Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces , which are further subdivided into municipalities ....
of Potosí
Potosí Department
Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí....
. It has its name after Bernardino Bilbao Rioja
Bernardino Bilbao Rioja
Bernardino Bilbao Rioja was a Bolivian officer who served during the Chaco War . He pioneered the use of air forces in combat ....
, Bolivian general and politician.
Location
Bernardino Bilbao province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 17° 49' und 18° 10' SouthLatitude
In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...
and between 65° 53' und 66° 16' West
Longitude
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. It borders Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...
in the North, Alonso de Ibáñez Province
Alonso de Ibáñez Province
Alonso de Ibáñez is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Sacaca .-Location:...
in the Southwest, and Charcas Province
Charcas Province
Charcas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is San Pedro de Buena Vista .-Location:...
in the South.
The province extends over 55 km from East to West and 60 km from North to South.
Population
Main idiomIdiom
Idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made...
of the province is Quechua
Quechua languages
Quechua is a Native South American language family and dialect cluster spoken primarily in the Andes of South America, derived from an original common ancestor language, Proto-Quechua. It is the most widely spoken language family of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably...
, spoken by 99 %, while 40 % of the population speak Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. The population increased from 10,045 inhabitants (1992 census) to 10,623 (2001 census), an increase of 5.8 %. The capital of the province is Arampampa
Arampampa
Arampampa is a small town in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 552.-References:...
(1,703 inhabitants).
99 % of the population have no access to electricity, 94 % have no sanitary facilities. 62 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.5 % in mining, 17.5 % in industry, 20 % in general services. 92 % of the population are Catholics, 5 % Protestants.
Division
The province comprises two municipalitiesMunicipalities of Bolivia
Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...
which are partly further subdivided into cantons
Cantons of Bolivia
||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....
.
| Section | Municipality | Seat |
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| 1st | Arampampa Municipality | Arampampa Arampampa Arampampa is a small town in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 552.-References:... |
| 2nd | Acasio Municipality | Acasio |