Manuel María Caballero Province
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| Panoramic view of Comarapa Comarapa Comarapa is a small town in Bolivia. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 5793. It is located roughly halfway between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz.-References:... |
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| Capital | Comarapa Comarapa Comarapa is a small town in Bolivia. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 5793. It is located roughly halfway between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz.-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... |
2,310 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... |
20,562 (2001) |
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8.7 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
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Manuel María Caballero Province 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 western parts. The province name honors deputy Manuel María Caballero from Vallegrande
Vallegrande
Vallegrande is a small colonial town in Bolivia, located in the Department of Santa Cruz, some 125 km southwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. It is the capital of the Vallegrande Province and Vallegrande Municipality and serves as a regionally important market town...
, one of the signatories of the Bolivian constitution (Constitución política) of 5 August 1861.
Location
Manuel María Caballero Province is located between 17° 26' and 18° 15' 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 64° 07' and 64° 50' West
Longitude
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. It extends over 90 km from North to South, and 75 km from West to East.
The province is situated on the western edge of the Bolivian lowlands and 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 West, Vallegrande Province
Vallegrande Province
Vallegrande is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia.-Subdivision:The province is divided into 5 municipios :-See also:*La Higuera...
in the South, 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 East, and Ichilo Province
Ichilo Province
Ichilo is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department 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 which is forming the province border in the West.- Location :Ignacio Warnes...
in the Northeast.
Population
The population of Manuel María Caballero Province has increased by circa 35 % over the recent two decades:- 1992: 16,074 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: 20,562 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: 21,517 inhabitants (est.)
- 2010: 22,916 inhabitants (est.)
20.0 % of the population is urban population. (1992)
44.9 % of the population are younger than 15 years old. (1992)
95.4 % 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...
, 43.8 % speak Quechua, and 1.6 speak 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...
. (1992)
70.1 % of the population have no access to electricity, 70.8 % have no sanitary facilities. (1992)
90.1 % of the population are Catholics, 8.4 % are Protestants. (1992)
Division
The province comprises two municipiosMunicipalities 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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- Comarapa Municipality – 14,660 inhabitants (2001)
- Saipina Municipality – 5,350 inhabitants (2001)