Aniceto Arce Province
Aniceto Arce (or short: Arce) is a province in the soothren pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Tarija. The province is namit efter Aniceto Arce Ruiz (1824-1906), Preses o Bolivie frae 1888 till 1892.
| Location in Bolivie | |
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| Main Data | |
| Caipital | Padcaya |
| Aurie | 4,910 km² |
| Population | 52,570 (2001) |
| Densitie | 10.7 inhabitants/km² (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.TR.AA |
Location
eeditAniceto Arce province is ane o sax provinces in the Tarija Depairtment. It is locatit atween 21° 45' an 22° 53' sooth an atween 64° 06' an 65° 02' wast.
The province borders Cercado Province an José María Avilés Province in the north, the Republic o Argentinae in the wast an sooth-east, Gran Chaco Province in the east, an Burnet O'Connor Province in the north-east.
The province extends ower 140 km frae north tae sooth, an 100 km frae east tae wast.
Population
eeditMain idiom o the province is Spaingie, spoken bi 80.7 %, while 8.6 % o the population speak Quechua, 1.0 speak Aymara, an 0.2 % Guaraní.
The population increased frae 44,713 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 52,570 (2001 census), an increase o 17.6 %. - 42.9 % o the population are younger than 15 year auld.
55.4 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 51.4 % hae nae sanitary facilities.
42.1 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 0.1 % in minin, 10.2 % in industrie, 47.6 % in general services (2001).
87.4 % o the population are Catholics, 8.9 % are Protestants (1992).
Diveesion
eeditThe province comprises twa municipalities:
Places o interest
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- General map of province Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Detailed map of province towns and rivers Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Population data (Spainyie) Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine