Andrés Ibáñez Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the

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, situated in the western part of the department. Its capital is

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which is also the capital of the department. The province was created on December 6, 1944, during the presidency of Gualberto Villarroel López.

Location

Andrés Ibáñez Province is located between 17° 30' and 18° 15'

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and between 62° 48' and 63° 40'

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. It extends over 110 km from west to east, and 90 km from north to south. The province is situated in the Bolivian lowlands and borders Ignacio Warnes Province and Sara Province in the north, Ichilo Province in the northwest, Florida Province in the southwest, Cordillera Province in the southeast, and

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in the east.

Climate

Andrés Ibáñez Province is situated in an area of a semihumid

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climate. It is characterized by a very short

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in the months of July and August and sufficient

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during the rest of the year, reaching a maximum in January. The monthly average temperatures are a tropical 20 to 26°C, with the lowest temperatures in the dry season when nights are slightly colder because the cloud cover is broken. The yearly average temperature is 23.9°C.

Division

Andrés Ibáñez Province comprises five

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which are further subdivided into

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Population

The population of Andrés Ibáñez Province has increased by circa 130% over the recent two decades: *1992: 784,678 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 1,260,549 inhabitants (

) *2005: 1,526,187 inhabitants (est.) *2010: 1,841,282 inhabitants (est.)Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones
40.1% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' 99.0% of the population speak

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, 12.5% speak

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, 3.4%

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, and 0.8 speak

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. ''(1992)'' 6.7% of the employed population work in

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, 1.0% in

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, 14.1% in the

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, and 78.2% in general services (2001). 15.7% of the population have no access to electricity, 22.2% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 86.1% of the population are Catholics, 9.7% are Protestants. ''(1992)'' 50% of the population is of European descent 40% of the population is

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. 10% of the population is native to Bolivia

References

External links

General map of provincePopulation data (Spanish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andres Ibanez Province Provinces of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)