Juana Azurduy de Padilla Province
Encyclopedia
Juana Azurduy de Padilla is a province
in the Chuquisaca Department
in Bolivia
. Its seat is Azurduy.
Juana Azurduy de Padilla
was the wife of a hero named Manuel Asencio Padilla and, together they fought against the Spaniards in the 19th century. There is currently a small capital city named after Padilla in the Bolivian province of Tomina, Chuquisaca Department
, Bolivia
.
Juana lost all of her children and her home because she left and didn't return until the war was over.
which are further subdivided into cantons
.
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 Chuquisaca Department
Chuquisaca Department
Chuquisaca is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.-Geography:...
in 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...
. Its seat is Azurduy.
Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Doña Juana Azurduy de Padilla was born on July 12, 1780 or 1781 in the town of Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata . She was Mestizo by ethnicity meaning she was half European and half indigenous. “Her mother married into a family of property” meaning she married into a more wealth family...
was the wife of a hero named Manuel Asencio Padilla and, together they fought against the Spaniards in the 19th century. There is currently a small capital city named after Padilla in the Bolivian province of Tomina, Chuquisaca Department
Chuquisaca Department
Chuquisaca is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.-Geography:...
, 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...
.
Juana lost all of her children and her home because she left and didn't return until the war was over.
Subdivision
The province is divided into five 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 further subdivided into cantons
Cantons of Bolivia
||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....
.
| Section | Municipality | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Azurduy Municipality | Azurduy |
| 2nd | Tarvita Municipality | Tarvita or Villa Orías |