Bernardino Bilbao Province

Bernardino Bilbao

Location in Bolivie
Main Data
Caipital	Arampampa
Aurie	786 km²
Population	10,623 (2001)
Densitie	13.5 inhabitants/km² (2001)
ISO 3166-2	BO.PO.GB

Bernardino Bilbao (or: General Bernardino Bilbao Rioja) is a province in the northren pairts o the Bolivie department o Potosí. It haes its name efter Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, Bolivie general an politeecian.

Location

Bernardino Bilbao is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 17° 49' und 18° 10' sooth an atween 65° 53' an 66° 16' wast. It borders Cochabamba Department in the North, Alonso de Ibáñez Province in the Southwest, and Charcas Province in the South.

The province extends ower 55 km frae east tae wast an 60 km frae north tae sooth.

Population

Main idiom o the province is Quechua, spoken bi 99 %, while 40 % o the population speak Spaingie. The population increased frae 10,045 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 10,623 (2001 census), an increase o 5.8 %. The caipital o the province is Arampampa (1,703 inhabitants).

99 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 94 % hae nae sanitary facilities. 62 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 0.5 % in minin, 17.5 % in industry, 20 % in general services. 92 % o the population are Catholics, 5 % Protestants.

Diveesion

The province comprises twa municipalities which are pairtly further subdividit intae cantons.

Section	Municipality	Seat
1st	Arampampa Municipality	Arampampa
2nd	Acasio Municipality	Acasio

Freemit airtins

• General map o province Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Detailed map o province touns an rivers Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Population data (Spaingie) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine