Obispo Santistevan (or: ''Santiesteban'') 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 western parts. The province was founded on 2 December 1941, and its name honors Obispo Santistevan (1843–1931), famous supporter of the building of Santa Cruz Cathedral.

Location

''Obispo Santistevan'' Province is located between 16° 02' and 17° 24'

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and between 63° 02' and 64° 15'

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. It extends over a length of 280 km from Northwest to Southeast, and up to 45 km from West to East. The province's border to the neighbouring provinces in the East and Northeast is formed by

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. The province is situated in the Bolivian lowlands and borders Ichilo Province in the Northwest,

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in the Southwest,

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in the Southeast, Ñuflo de Chávez Province in the East, and

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in the Northeast.

Population

The population of Obispo Santistevan Province has increased by 75% over the recent two decades: *1992: 104,660 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 142,786 inhabitants (

) *2005: 161,307 inhabitants (est.) *2010: 176,107 inhabitants (est.) 44.7% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' 98.2% of the population speak Spanish, 27.6% speak Quechua, 1.9% Aymara, and 1.2 speak Guaraní. ''(1992)'' 35.5% of the population have no access to electricity, 34.2% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 86.5% of the population are Catholics, 9.8% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

Division

The province comprises four

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: * Mineros Municipality - 45,853 inhabitants ''(2001)'' *

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- 80,341 inhabitants ''(2001)'' * General Saavedra Municipality - 16,592 inhabitants ''(2001)'' *

Puerto Fernández Alonso Puerto Fernández Alonso is a municipality in the province Obispo Santistevan in the department Santa Cruz in Bolivia. It is also known as Fernández Alonso. History The municipality was created by Law 2320 on 28 January 2002. It comprised tw ...

- 15,117 inhabitants ''(2001)''

References

External links

General map of provincePopulation data (Spanish)
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