Ñuflo de Chávez Province
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Ñuflo de Chávez is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivia
n 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
(1518–1556) who founded the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
. Its capital is Concepción. The province was created by law of September 16, 1915, during the presidency of Ismael Montes. Originally it was part of the Chiquitos Province
.
and between 61° 30' and 63° 25' West
. It extends over a length of 520 km from north to south, and up to 250 km from west to east.
The province is situated in the Bolivian lowlands and borders Beni Department
in the north, Guarayos Province
in the north-west, Obispo Santistevan Province
and Ignacio Warnes Province
in the south-west, Andrés Ibáñez Province
and Chiquitos Province
in the south, and José Miguel de Velasco Province
in the east.
which are further subdivided into cantons:
whose culture roots in the fusion of their ancient customs and the influence of the Jesuit missionaries
. During the 2001 census the ethnic composition of the population was as follows:
The population of the province has increased by more than 100 % over the recent two decades:
48.3 % of the population are younger than 15 years old. (1992)
The literacy
rate of the province is 72.6 %.
87.3 % of the population have no access to electricity, 50.4 % have no sanitary facilities. (1992)
79.5 % of the population are Catholics, 17.2 % are Protestants. (1992)
In 1992 91.6 % of the population spoke Spanish
, 30.1 % Quechua, 2.0 % Aymara
and 1.2 spoke Guaraní
. During the 2001 census Spanish was spoken by 79,377 people, Quechua by 20,763, Aymara by 1,362, Guarani by 1,002, other native languages by 3,619 and foreign languages by 5,617 people. The following table shows the number of speakers per municipality:
, dairy farming
, forestry
and tourism
. Another important occupation is handicraft
like the fabrication of hammock
s, textile
s, hats, bags and baskets.
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 Department
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...
and is situated in the northern central parts of the department. The name of the province honors the conquistador
Conquistador
Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain in the 15th to 16th centuries, following Europe's discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492...
Ñuflo de Chaves
Ñuflo de Chaves
Ñuflo de Chaves, also: "Ñuflo de Chávez", was a Spanish conquistador. He is best known for founding the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia....
(1518–1556) who founded the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...
. Its capital is Concepción. The province was created by law of September 16, 1915, during the presidency of Ismael Montes. Originally it was part of the Chiquitos Province
Chiquitos Province
Chiquitanía is a region of tropical savannas in the Santa Cruz Department in eastern Bolivia."Chiquitos" is the colonial name for what is now essentially five of the six provinces that make up the Chiquitania, a region in Bolivia's Santa Cruz department. "Chiquitos" refers to a region, not a tribe...
.
Location
Ñuflo de Chávez Province is located between 13° 45' and 17° 30' 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 61° 30' and 63° 25' 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 a length of 520 km from north to south, and up to 250 km from west to east.
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, Guarayos Province
Guarayos Province
Guarayos is a province in the northwestern parts of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department.- Location :Guarayos is one of fifteen provinces in the Santa Cruz Department...
in the north-west, Obispo Santistevan Province
Obispo Santistevan Province
Obispo Santistevan is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz department and is situated in the department's western parts. The province was founded on 2 December 1941, and its name honors Obispo Santistevan , famous supporter of the building of Santa Cruz Cathedral...
and Ignacio Warnes Province
Ignacio Warnes Province
Ignacio Warnes is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the department's central parts. The province name honors Colonel Ignacio Warnes , a military leader in the South American war of independence....
in the south-west, 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....
and Chiquitos Province
Chiquitos Province
Chiquitanía is a region of tropical savannas in the Santa Cruz Department in eastern Bolivia."Chiquitos" is the colonial name for what is now essentially five of the six provinces that make up the Chiquitania, a region in Bolivia's Santa Cruz department. "Chiquitos" refers to a region, not a tribe...
in the south, and José Miguel de Velasco Province
José Miguel de Velasco Province
José Miguel de Velasco or Velasco is a province in the Santa Cruz department of Bolivia. Its capital is San Ignacio de Velasco. The province is named after the Bolivian president José Miguel de Velasco Franco. It was created by law on October 12, 1880, during the presidency of Narciso Campero...
in the east.
Division
The province comprises six 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:
| Section | Municipality | Inhabitants (2001) | Seat | Inhabitants (2001) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Concepción Municipality | 14,522 | Concepción | 5,586 |
| 2nd | San Javier Municipality (also San Xavier Municipality) | 11,316 | San Javier San Javier, Ñuflo de Chávez San Javier is the seat of the San Javier Municipality in the Ñuflo de Chávez Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. San Javier is known as part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, declared in 1990 a World Heritage Site, as a former Jesuit Reduction.-External links:* **... |
5,538 |
| 3rd | San Ramón Municipality | 5,660 | San Ramón San Ramón, Santa Cruz San Ramón is a small town in Bolivia.-References:... |
4,746 |
| 4th | San Julián Municipality | 56,206 | San Julián San Julián, Santa Cruz San Julián is a small town in Bolivia.-References:... |
6,585 |
| 5th | San Antonio de Lomerío Municipality | 6,293 | San Antonio de Lomerío | 1,313 |
| 6th | Cuatro Cañadas Municipality | 17, 574 | Cuatro Cañadas Cuatro Cañadas Cuatro Cañadas is a town in Bolivia. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 7,305.-References:... |
4,571 |
Population
The inhabitants of the Ñuflo de Chávez Province are mainly ChiquitosChiquitos
Chiquitos means "little ones" in Spanish. The Spanish Conquistadores chose this name for the people living in the rain savannas of what is now the eastern parts of the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia, when they found the small doors of the Indian huts in the region.Today, this area is called Gran...
whose culture roots in the fusion of their ancient customs and the influence of the Jesuit missionaries
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
The Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos are in the Santa Cruz department of eastern Bolivia. Six of the missions have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The missions are distinguished by the fusion of European and American Indian cultural influences...
. During the 2001 census the ethnic composition of the population was as follows:
| Ethnic group | Concepción Municipality (%) | San Javier Municipality (%) | San Ramón Municipality (%) | San Julián Municipality (%) | San Antonio de Lomerío Municipality (%) | Cuatro Cañadas Municipality (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quechua | 4.2 | 3.6 | 13.5 | 49.6 | 1.5 | 36.4 |
| Aymara | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| Guaraní, Chiquitos Chiquitos Chiquitos means "little ones" in Spanish. The Spanish Conquistadores chose this name for the people living in the rain savannas of what is now the eastern parts of the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia, when they found the small doors of the Indian huts in the region.Today, this area is called Gran... or Moxos Moxos people The Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits... |
67.8 | 68.4 | 31.1 | 8.6 | 87.0 | 7.8 |
| Not indigenous Indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans... |
25.1 | 24.7 | 52.5 | 38.1 | 10.7 | 51.3 |
| Other indigenous groups | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
The population of the province has increased by more than 100 % over the recent two decades:
- 1992: 61,008 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: 93,997 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: 111,813 inhabitants (est.)
- 2010: 131,856 inhabitants (est.)
48.3 % of the population are younger than 15 years old. (1992)
The literacy
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
rate of the province is 72.6 %.
87.3 % of the population have no access to electricity, 50.4 % have no sanitary facilities. (1992)
79.5 % of the population are Catholics, 17.2 % are Protestants. (1992)
In 1992 91.6 % of the population spoke 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...
, 30.1 % Quechua, 2.0 % 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 1.2 spoke 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...
. During the 2001 census Spanish was spoken by 79,377 people, Quechua by 20,763, Aymara by 1,362, Guarani by 1,002, other native languages by 3,619 and foreign languages by 5,617 people. The following table shows the number of speakers per municipality:
| Language | Concepción Municipality (%) | San Javier Municipality (%) | San Ramón Municipality (%) | San Julián Municipality (%) | San Antonio de Lomerío Municipality (%) | Cuatro Cañadas Municipality (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quechua | 363 | 247 | 468 | 14,855 | 46 | 4,782 |
| Aymara simi | 120 | 104 | 75 | 804 | 7 | 252 |
| Guaraní | 53 | 142 | 25 | 682 | 14 | 86 |
| Another native | 901 | 128 | 29 | 138 | 2.221 | 202 |
| Spanish | 13,370 | 10,414 | 5,278 | 32,182 | 5.480 | 12.637 |
| Foreign | 134 | 102 | 84 | 1,209 | 199 | 3,864 |
| Only native | 138 | 31 | 46 | 2,430 | 162 | 628 |
| Native and Spanish | 1,264 | 559 | 522 | 13,469 | 2,118 | 4,558 |
| Only Spanish | 12,119 | 9,865 | 4,769 | 19,405 | 3,474 | 11,018 |
Economy
The principal economic activities are devoted to animal husbandryAnimal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock.- History :Animal husbandry has been practiced for thousands of years, since the first domestication of animals....
, dairy farming
Dairy farming
Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for long-term production of milk, usually from dairy cows but also from goats and sheep, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.Most dairy farms...
, forestry
Forestry
Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...
and tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
. Another important occupation is handicraft
Handicraft
Handicraft, more precisely expressed as artisanic handicraft, sometimes also called artisanry, is a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools. It is a traditional main sector of craft. Usually the term is applied to traditional means...
like the fabrication of hammock
Hammock
A hammock is a sling made of fabric, rope, or netting, suspended between two points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting. It normally consists of one or more cloth panels, or a woven network of twine or thin rope stretched with ropes between two firm anchor points such as trees or posts....
s, textile
Textile
A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
s, hats, bags and baskets.