Alonso de Ibáñez is a

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

in the northern parts of the

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Potosí Department Potosí (; Aymara language, Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a Departments of Bolivia, department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí. It is most ...

. Its capital is

Sacaca Sacaca is a village located in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is the capital of the Sacaca Canton, Sacaca Municipality and Alonso de Ibáñez Province Alonso de Ibáñez is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Depart ...

(1,862 inhabitants in 2001).

Location

Alonso de Ibáñez province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 17 56' und 18 20'

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and between 66 10' und 66 48'

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. It borders

Cochabamba Department Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa Jach'a Suyu, es, Departamento de Cochabamba , qu, Quchapampa Suyu), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the ...

in the north,

Oruro Department Oruro (; Quechua: ''Uru Uru''; Aymara: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178. Provinces of Oruro The departme ...

in the southwest,

Rafael Bustillo Province Rafael Bustillo is a province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its name honors the Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary Rafael Bustillo († 1886). The capital of the province is Uncía with a population of 5,709 in the year 2001, the lar ...

in the south,

Charcas Province Charcas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is San Pedro de Buena Vista (955 inhabitants in 2001).Bernardino Bilbao Province Bernardino Bilbao (or: ''General Bernardino Bilbao Rioja'') is a province in the Northern parts of the Bolivian department of Potosí. It has its name after Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, Bolivian general and politician. Location Bernardino Bilbao ...

in the northeast. The province extends over 75 km from east to west and 60 km from north to south.

Division

The province comprises two

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which are further subdivided into

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Population

The main language of the province is

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, spoken by 88%, while 62% of the population speak

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and 49% speak

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. The population increased from 23,512 inhabitants (1992 census) to 27,755 (2001 census), an increase of 18%. 96% of the population have no access to electricity, 95% have no sanitary facilities. 78.5% of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.3% in mining, 8.7% in industry, 12.5% in general services. 95.5% of the population are Catholics, 3.5% Protestants. The people are predominantly

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citizens of

and

descent.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

References

National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia
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