Germán Busch is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

in the

Santa Cruz Department Santa Cruz () is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of , it is slightly smaller than Japan or the US state of Montana. It is located in the e ...

, Bolivia. Most of the surface is covered by the

Pantanal The Pantanal () is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and ...

, the largest wetland area in the world.

History

The province was founded on 30 November 1984 by rearranging the provinces of Ángel Sandoval and Chiquitos. It is named after

Germán Busch Víctor Germán Busch Becerra (23 March 1903 – 23 August 1939) was a Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the 36th president of Bolivia from 1937 to 1939. Prior to his presidency, he served as the Chief of the General Staff ...

, a former Bolivian military officer who is regarded as a war hero for his role in the

Chaco War The Chaco War ( es, link=no, Guerra del Chaco, gn, Cháko ÑorairõParaguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

Subdivision

The province is divided into three

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

which are further subdivided into cantons.

Places of interest

Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, (''Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Otuquis'' (''PN-ANMI Otuquis'') or ''Parque Nacional y ANMI Pantanal de Otuquis''), is a national park in the Pantanal ecoregion of ...

Provinces of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Pantanal {{SantaCruzBO-geo-stub