Enrique Baldivieso Province

Enrique Baldivieso
Province
Valle de las Rocas (Rock Valley) in Enrique Baldivieso Province
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Location o the Enrique Baldivieso Province athin Bolivie
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Coordinates: 21°9′0″S 67°40′0″W
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Potosí Depairtment
Caipital	San Agustín
Area
• Total	2254 km2 (870 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	1,640
• Density	0.7/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Quechua
Area code(s)	BO.PO.EV

Enrique Baldivieso is a province in the Bolivie depairtment o Potosí. It is namit efter the umwhile vice preses Enrique Baldivieso. Its seat is San Agustín wi a population o 533 durin the census o 2001 situatit on the bank o the Turuncha River in San Agustín Canton.

Location

Enrique Baldivieso province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 21° 03' an 21° 51' Sooth an atween 67° 07' an 67° 48' Wast. In the east, north, wast an sooth it is amaist completely encircled bi the Nor Lípez Province, anerlie in the sootheast it is bordered bi the Sur Lípez Province for 20 km.

The province extends ower 120 km frae northwast tae sootheast at an average width o 35 km.

Diveesion

The province comprises anerlie ane municipality, San Agustín Municipality. It is identical tae Enrique Baldivieso Province. The province is subdividit intae fower cantons:

• Alota - 533 indwallers (2001)
• Cerro Gordo - 292 indwallers
• San Agustín - 567 indwallers
• Todos Santos - 248 indwallers

Population

The main leid is Quechua, spoken bi 96 %, while 86 % o the population speak Spaingie. The population rose frae 1,313 indwallers (1992 census) tae 1,640 (2001 census), an increase o 25 %. 46.5 % o the population are younger than 15 year auld.

99.7 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 99 % hae nae sanitary facilities. 72 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 28 % in general services. 95 % o the population are Catholic, 2 % Protestant.

Places o interest

• Valle de las Rocas (Rock Valley)
• Turuncha River an Lake Turuncha in San Agustín Canton

Freemit airtins

• San Agustín Municipality (= Enrique Baldivieso Province): population data an map Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Population data (Spaingie) Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine