José María Avilés Province
- José María Avilés Province
José María Avilés (or: "Avilez") is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.
Location
"Avilés" province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 21° 28' and 22° 05' south and between 64° 29' and 65° 25' west.
The province borders Eustaquio Méndez Province in the north, Potosí Department in the west, Argentina in the south, Aniceto Arce Province in the south-east, and Cercado Province in the north-east.
The province extends over 85 km from north to south, and 115 km from east to west.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 98.9 %, while 2.4 % of the population speak Quechua, and 0.2 speak Aymara.
The population increased from 16,210 inhabitants (1992 census) to 17,504 (2001 census), an increase of 8.0 %. - 47.6 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.
81.6 % of the population have no access to electricity, 82.9 % have no sanitary facilities (1992).
77.0 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1 % in mining, 3.7 % in industry, 19.2 % in general services (2001).
93.9 % of the population are Catholics, 4.6 % are Protestants (1992).
Division
The province comprises two municipios:
*Uriondo (Municipio)
*Yunchará (Municipio)
External links
* [http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/tarija/t_avilez.htm General map of province]
* [http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/tarija/avilez.htm Detailed map of province towns and rivers]
* [http://www.ine.gov.bo/cgi-bin/PIWDGEOxx.EXE Population data (Spanish)]
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