Burdett O'Connor is a

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in the northern part of

Tarija Department Tarija () is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering with Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2012 census, it has a population of 482,196 inhabitants. It has an area of . The city ...

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. The province is also known as Burdett O'Connor and is named after

Francisco Burdett O'Connor Francisco Burdett O'Connor (12 June 1791 - 5 October 1871) was an officer in the Irish Legion of Simón Bolívar's army in Venezuela. He later became Chief of Staff to Antonio José de Sucre and Minister of War of Bolivia. Aside from Simón Bol ...

, a chronicler of the South American War of Independence and the making of

Tarija Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is the largest city and capital and municipality within the Tarija Department, with an airport (Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport, (TJA)) offe ...

Location

Burdett O'Connor province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 20° 53' and 21° 58'

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and between 63° 36' and 64° 26'

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. The province borders

Chuquisaca Department Chuquisaca () ( ay, Chuqisaka; qu, Chuqichaka) is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the consti ...

in the north,

Eustaquio Méndez Province Eustaquio Méndez is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian department of Tarija. Location ''Eustaquio Méndez'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 20° 57' and 21° 36' south and betw ...

in the north-west, Cercado Province in the west,

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 i ...

in the south-west, and

Gran Chaco Province Gran Chaco is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province voted to become an autonomous region on 6 December 2009. Location ''Gran Chaco'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is loc ...

in the south and east. The province extends over from north to south, and from east to west.

Population

The main language of the province is

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, spoken by 98.4%, while 10.3% of the population speak

Guaraní Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to Ethnography * Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia) * Guaraní language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay * ...

, also 1.8 speak

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, and 0.3%

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(by western immigrants). The population increased from 17,763 inhabitants (1992

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) to 19,339 (2001 census), an increase of 8.9%. - 47.5% of the population are younger than 15 years old. 89.5% of the population have no access to

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, 84.5% have no sanitary facilities. 51.6% of the population are employed in

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, 14.6% in

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, 7.0% in

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, 26.8% in general services (2001). 89.9% of the population are

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, 4.0% are

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(1992).

Division

In contrast to the neighbouring provinces, the province comprises only one

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which is Entre Ríos. It is identical to the Burdett O'Connor Province.

Places of interest

* Tariquía Flora and Fauna National Reserve

References

External links

Provincia Burnet O'Connor - general map
from ''La Comisión para la Gestión Integral del Agua en Bolivia'' (CGIAB) {{in lang, es Provinces of Tarija Department