Enrique Baldivieso Province

Enrique Baldivieso (or: Enrique Valdivieso) is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí.

Location

"Enrique Baldivieso" province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 21° 03' and 21° 51' South and between 67° 07' and 67° 48' West. In the East, North, West and South it is almost completely encircled by the Nor Lípez Province, only in the Southeast it borders the Sur Lípez Province for 20 km.

The province extends over 120 km from Northwest to Southeast at an average width of 35 km.

Population

Main idiom of the province is Quechua, spoken by 96 %, while 86 % of the population speak Spanish. The population rose from 1,313 Einwohner (1992 census) to 1,640 (2001 census), an increase of 25 %. 46.5 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.

Capital of the province is San Agustín. 99.7 % of the population have no access to electricity, 99 % have no sanitary facilities. 72 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 28 % in general services. 95 % of the population are Catholic, 2 % Protestant.

Division

The province comprises only one municipio, San Agustín, which contains four districts (Cantones):
*Alota
*Cerro Gordo
*San Agustín
*Todos Santos

External links

* [http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/potosi/t_ebaldivieso.htm General map of province]
* [http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/potosi/ebaldivieso.htm Detailed map of province towns and rivers]
* [http://www.ine.gov.bo/cgi-bin/PIWDGEOxx.EXE Population data (Spanish)]