Aniceto Arce Province

Aniceto Arce Province

Aniceto Arce (or short: "Arce") is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province is named after Aniceto Arce Ruiz (1824-1906), President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892.

Location

"Aniceto Arce" province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 21° 45' and 22° 53' south and between 64° 06' and 65° 02' west.

The province borders Cercado Province and José María Avilés Province in the north, the Republic of Argentina in the west and south-east, Gran Chaco Province in the east, and Burnet O'Connor Province in the north-east.

The province extends over 140 km from north to south, and 100 km from east to west.

Population

Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 80.7 %, while 8.6 % of the population speak Quechua, 1.0 speak Aymara, and 0.2 % Guaraní.

The population increased from 44,713 inhabitants (1992 census) to 52,570 (2001 census), an increase of 17.6 %. - 42.9 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.

55.4 % of the population have no access to electricity, 51.4 % have no sanitary facilities.

42.1 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1 % in mining, 10.2 % in industry, 47.6 % in general services (2001).

87.4 % of the population are Catholics, 8.9 % are Protestants (1992).

Division

The province comprises two municipios:
*Bermejo Municipio
*Padcaya Municipio

External links

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


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