Andrés Ibáñez Province
Andrés Ibáñez Province is ane o the fifteen provinces o the Bolivie Santa Cruz Depairtment, situatit in the wastren pairt o the depairtment. Its caipital is Santa Cruz de la Sierra which is the caipital o the depairtment an aw.
Andrés Ibáñez | |
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Province | |
 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, situatit at the Piray River | |
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 Location o the Andrés Ibáñez Province athin Bolivie | |
 Provinces o the Santa Cruz Depairtment | |
| Coordinates: 17°50′S 63°15′W / 17.833°S 63.250°W | |
| Kintra |  Bolivie |
| Depairtment | Santa Cruz Depairtment |
| Municipalities | 5 |
| Cantons | 18 |
| Foondation | 6 Dizember 1944 |
| Caipital | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4821 km2 (1,861 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 416 m (1,365 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 1,260,549 |
| • Density | 261.5/km2 (677/sq mi) |
| Area code(s) | BO.SC.AI |
| Website | www.santacruz.gob.bo |
The province wis creatit on 6 Dizember 1944, durin the presidency o Gualberto Villarroel.
Location
eeditAndrés Ibáñez Province is locatit atween 17° 30' an 18° 15' Sooth an atween 62° 48' an 63° 40' Wast. It extends ower 110 km frae wast tae east, an 90 km frae north tae sooth.
The province is situatit in the Bolivie lawlands an borders Ignacio Warnes Province an Sara Province in the north, Ichilo Province in the northwast, Florida Province in the soothwast, Cordillera Province in the sootheast, an Chiquitos Province in the east.
Climate
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Andrés Ibáñez Province is situatit in an aurie o a semihumid tropical climate. It is characterisit bi a vera short dry saison in the months o Julie an August an sufficient precipitation durin the rest o the year, reachin a maximum in Januar.
The monthly average temperaturs are a tropical 20 tae 26 °C, wi the lawest temperaturs in the dry saison whan nichts are slichtly caulder acause the cloud civer is broken. The yearly average temperatur is 23.9 °C.
Diveesion
eeditAndrés Ibáñez Province comprises five municipalities which are further subdividit intae cantons.
| Section | Municipality | Inhabitants (2001) | Seat |
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| Caipital Municipality | Santa Cruz Municipality | 1,135,526 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| 1st | Cotoca Municipality | 36,425 | Cotoca |
| 2nt | Ayacucho Municipality or Porongo Municipality | 11,085 | Porongo |
| 3rd | La Guardia Municipality | 39,552 | La Guardia |
| 4t | El Torno Municipality | 37,961 | El Torno |
Population
eeditThe population o Andrés Ibáñez Province haes increased bi circa 130% ower the recent twa decades:
- 1992: 784,678 indwallers (census)[1]
- 2001: 1,260,549 indwallers (census)
- 2005: 1,526,187 indwallers (est.)[2]
- 2010: 1,841,282 indwallers (est.)[3]
- 40.1% o the population are younger than 15 year auld. (1992)
- 99.0% o the population speak Spaingie, 12.5% speak Quechua, 3.4% Aymara, an 0.8 speak Guaraní. (1992)
- 6.7% o the employed population wirk in agricultur, 1.0% in minin, 14.1% in the industrial sector, an 78.2% in general services (2001).
- 15.7% o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 22.2% hae nae sanitar facilities. (1992)
- 86.1% o the population are Catholics, 9.7% are Protestants. (1992)
- 50% o the population is o European strynd
- 40% o the population is Mestizo.
- 10% o the population is native tae Bolivie
References
eedit- ↑ Santa Cruz Website Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins
eedit- General map o province Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Detailed map o province touns an rivers Archived 2009-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Population data (Spainyie) Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Social data (Spainyie) Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine