Ignacio Warnes is one of the fifteen provinces of the

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n Santa Cruz

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and is situated in the department's central parts. The province name honors Colonel

Ignacio Warnes José Ignacio Warnes y García de Zúñiga (Buenos Aires, 1772 – El Parí, 1816) was an Argentine soldier who fought in the Argentine War of Independence. Son of the mayor of the city of Buenos Aires Manuel Antonio Warnes y Durango and Ana Jac ...

(1772–1816), a military leader in the South American war of independence.

Location

''Ignacio Warnes Province'' is located between 17° 00' and 17° 42'

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and between 62° 42' and 63° 14'

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. It extends over 85 km from North to South, and 70 km from West to East. Río Piray is forming the province border in the West and

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in the East. The province is situated in the Bolivian lowlands and borders Obispo Santistevan Province in the Northwest, Sara Province in the West,

Andrés Ibáñez Province Andrés Ibáñez Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department, situated in the western part of the department. Its capital is Santa Cruz de la Sierra which is also the capital of the department. The province was ...

in the South, and

Ñuflo de Chávez Province Ñuflo de Chávez is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the northern central parts of the department. The name of the province honors the conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves (1518–1556) who founded th ...

in the East.

Population

The population of Ignacio Warnes Province has increased by circa 75% over the recent two decades: *1992: 38,285 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 54,593 inhabitants (

) *2005: 60,705 inhabitants (est.) *2010: 67,721 inhabitants (est.)Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones
46.2% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' The

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rate of the province is 72.6%. 95.2% of the population speak

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, 14.2% speak

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, 4.1%

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 * ...

, and 1.3 speak

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. ''(1992)'' 41.9% of the population have no access to electricity, 47.9% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 88.4% of the population are Catholics, 8.8% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

Subdivision

The province is divided into two

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which are further subdivided into cantons. The municipalities with their seats are:

References

External links

General map of provincePopulation data (Spanish)
{{Coord, 17, 20, S, 63, 00, W, type:adm2nd_region:BO, display=title Provinces of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)