Ichilo Province
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| Capital | Buena Vista Buena Vista, Ichilo Buena Vista is a small town in the Bolivian lowlands in the Santa Cruz Department. The town was founded in November 26th 1964 as the Jesuit Mission of the betrothal Saints of Joseph and Maria.- Location :... |
| 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... |
14,232 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... |
70,444 (2001) |
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5.0 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
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Ichilo is one of the fifteen provinces 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 Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Department
Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km², is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia. In the 2001 census, it reported a population of 2,029,471. The capital is the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The state is one of the wealthiest states in Bolivia with huge reserves of...
Department
Departments of Bolivia
Bolivia is divided into nine departments . Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces , which are further subdivided into municipalities ....
and is situated in the department's north-western parts. The province was founded by a decree of 8 April 1926 and is named after Río Ichilo
Ichilo River
Río Ichilo is a Bolivian river at the foot of the Eastern Andes-Cordillera in South America. It lends its name to the Ichilo Province, one of the 15 provinces of the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia.-Location:...
which is forming the province border in the West.
Location
Ignacio Warnes Province is located between 15° 48' and 18° 00' SouthLatitude
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and between 63° 27' and 64° 50' West
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....
. It extends over 350 km from Northwest to Southeast, and up to 110 km from Southwest to Northeast.
The province is situated in the Bolivian lowlands and borders Beni Department
Beni Department
Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second largest department in the country , covering 213,564 square kilometers , and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José...
in the North, 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 West, Manuel María Caballero Province
Manuel María Caballero Province
Manuel María Caballero Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the department's western parts...
in the Southwest, Florida Province
Florida Province
Florida is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Samaipata. The province was created by law on December 15, 1924.-Division:The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
in the South, Andrés Ibáñez Province
Andrés Ibáñez Province
Andrés Ibáñez Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department, situated in the western part of the department. Its capital is Santa Cruz de la Sierra which is also the capital of the department....
in the Southeast, Sara Province
Sara Province
Sara is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Portachuelo.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
in the East, and Ñuflo de Chávez Province
Ñuflo de Chávez Province
Ñuflo de Chávez is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the northern central parts of the department. The name of the province honors the conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves who founded the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Its capital is Concepción...
in the Northeast.
Population
The population of Ichilo Province has increased by circa 80 % over the recent two decades:- 1992: 49,484 inhabitants (censusCensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
) - 2001: 70,444 inhabitants (censusCensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
) - 2005: 81,118 inhabitants (est.)
- 2010: 91,678 inhabitants (est.)
47.8 % of the population are younger than 15 years old. (1992)
The literacy
Literacy
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rate of the province is 78.5 %.
96.1 % 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...
, 40.7 % speak Quechua, 1.9 % Aymara
Aymara language
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...
, and 0.6 speak Guaraní
Guaraní language
Guaraní, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guaraní , is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupí–Guaraní subfamily of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay , where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and half of...
. (1992)
67.1 % of the population have no access to electricity, 46.6 % have no sanitary facilities. (1992)
81.3 % of the population are Catholics, 15.1 % are Protestants. (1992)
Geography
The medium altitude of the province is 386 m.The medium annual temperature in the province is 24.3°C, the annual precipitation amounts to 2,563 mm.
Towns
Buena VistaBuena Vista, Ichilo
Buena Vista is a small town in the Bolivian lowlands in the Santa Cruz Department. The town was founded in November 26th 1964 as the Jesuit Mission of the betrothal Saints of Joseph and Maria.- Location :...
is the province capital with 4,697 inhabitants (est. 2008). Other important towns in the province are
- YapacaníYapacaníYapacaní is the largest town in the province of Ichilo in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz. It lies on the west bank of the Yapacani River, at the mouth of the Surutú River, 100 km north-west of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city in Bolivia. It is the centre of the district of...
- 21,622 inhabitants (2008) - Santa Fe de YapacaníSanta Fe de YapacaníSanta Fe de Yapacaní is a small town in Bolivia.-References:...
- 7,736 inhabitants (2008) - San Carlos, IchiloSan Carlos (Ichilo)San Carlos is a small town in Bolivia....
- 4,440 inhabitants (2008) - San Juan de YapacaníSan Juan de YapacaníSan Juan de Yapacaní is a small town in Bolivia.-References:...
- 4,121 inhabitants (2008)
Industry
Main agricultural good of the province is riceRice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
, 50 % of all the production in the Santa Cruz Department is from Ichilo Province. Other important economic goods are cocoa and timber
Timber
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Division
The province comprises four 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...
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- Buena Vista Municipality 2,047 km² - 13,273 inhabitants (2001)
- San Carlos Municipality 3,998 km² - 25,633 inhabitants (2001)
- Yapacaní Municipality 8,187 km² - 31,538 inhabitants (2001)
- San Juan de Yapacaní Municipality - 9,131 inhabitants (2001)