Enrique Baldivieso (or: Enrique Valdivieso) is a

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

in the

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

n department of

Potosí Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Potosí Department, Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the list of highest cities in the world, highest cities in the wo ...

. It is named after the former vice president

Enrique Baldivieso Enrique Baldivieso Aparicio (1902–1957) served as the 24th vice president of Bolivia from 1938 to 1939, during the presidency of Germán Busch. He was elected to the post for a four-year term by the National Convention of 1938, which was then s ...

. Its seat is San Agustín with a population of 533 during the census of 2001National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia
situated on the bank of the Turuncha River in San Agustín Canton.

Location

Enrique Baldivieso province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 21° 03' and 21° 51'

South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

and between 67° 07' and 67° 48'

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. In the east, north, west and south it is almost completely encircled by the

Nor Lípez Province Nor Lípez is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Colcha "K", also called Villa Martín. The majority of the area of the province was titled as the Nor Lípez Native Community Land on 19 April 2011. One of the largest min ...

, only in the southeast it is bordered by the

Sur Lípez Province Sur Lípez or Sud Lípez is a province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. The seat of the province is San Pablo de Lípez. Location Sur Lípez is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. Also, the southwesternmost point of Bolivia ...

for 20 km. The province extends over 120 km from northwest to southeast at an average width of 35 km.

Division

The province comprises only one

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, San Agustín Municipality. It is identical to Enrique Baldivieso Province. The province is subdivided into four

cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, th ...

: * Alota - 533 inhabitants ''(2001)'' *Cerro Gordo - 292 inhabitants * San Agustín - 567 inhabitants *Todos Santos - 248 inhabitants

Population

The main language is

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

, spoken by 96%, while 86% of the population speak

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

. The population rose from 1,313 inhabitants (1992 census) to 1,640 (2001 census), an increase of 25%. 46.5% of the population are younger than 15 years old. 99.7% of the population have no access to electricity, 99% have no sanitary facilities. 72% of the population are employed in agriculture, 28% in general services. 95% of the population are Catholic, 2% Protestant.

Places of interest

Valle de las Rocas Valle may refer to: * Valle (surname) Geography *"Valle", the cultural and climatic zone of the dry subtropical Interandean Valles of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina *University of Valle, a public university in Cali, Colombia ...

(Rock Valley) * Turuncha River and Lake Turuncha in San Agustín Canton

References

External links

San Agustín Municipality (= Enrique Baldivieso Province): population data and mapPopulation data (Spanish)
{{Potosí Department Provinces of Potosí Department