Abel Iturralde Province
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Abel Iturralde is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivia
n La Paz Department. It is situated in its northern part. Its name honors Abel Iturralde Palacios, a Bolivian politician. Madidi National Park
is partially in this province.
and between 66° 55' and 69° 05' West
. It extends over 300 km from North to South, and 200 km from east to west.
The province is situated on the northern edges of the Cordillera Central. It is bordered to the west by the Madre de Dios
and Heath River
s and to the east by the Río Beni
. The province borders Pando Department
in the north, Peru
in the west, Franz Tamayo Province
in the south, and Beni
in the east.
98.3 % of the population speak Spanish
, 12.1 % speak Quechua, 6.7 % Aymara
, and 9.8 % other indigenous
languages. (2001)
The literacy rate
of the province's population is 83.5 %. (1992)
83.8 % of the population have no access to electricity, 58.7 % have no sanitary facilities. (1992)
87.0 % of the population are Catholics, 10.6 % are Protestants. (1992)
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Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n La Paz Department. It is situated in its northern part. Its name honors Abel Iturralde Palacios, a Bolivian politician. Madidi National Park
Madidi
Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958 square kilometres, and along with nearby protected areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and the Manu Biosphere Reserve...
is partially in this province.
Location
Abel Iturralde province is located between 11° 48' and 14° 35' SouthLatitude
In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...
and between 66° 55' and 69° 05' West
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....
. It extends over 300 km from North to South, and 200 km from east to west.
The province is situated on the northern edges of the Cordillera Central. It is bordered to the west by the Madre de Dios
Madre de Dios River
The Madre de Dios River, homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through, then becomes the Beni River in Bolivia and then turns northward into Brazil, where it is called the Madeira River...
and Heath River
Heath River
The Heath River, which runs from the Andes surrounding Lake Titicaca northwards to the Madre de Dios River, marks the natural border between Peru and Bolivia.The Eja Sonene indigenous community lives in the area...
s and to the east by the Río Beni
Beni River
The Beni River is a river in the north of Bolivia.It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast through the pampas. One of the tributary rivers is Tuichi River in the Madidi National Park. Tuichi River joins the Beni River upstream from the town Rurrenabaque. South of Rurrenabaque, Río Beni runs...
. The province borders Pando Department
Pando Department
Pando is a department of Bolivia, with an area of , adjoining the border with Brazil. Pando has a population 66,689 . Its capital is the city of Cobija....
in the north, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
in the west, Franz Tamayo Province
Franz Tamayo Province
Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high Andean plain on the western border with Peru...
in the south, and Beni
Beni
Beni may refer to:Places*Beni Department, Beni River and the Beni savanna, Bolivia*Beni Suef and Beni Hasan, Egypt*Beni Mellal and Beni Amir, Morocco*Beni, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo*Beni, Nepal Culture...
in the east.
Population
The population of Abel Iturralde Province has increased by 100 % over the recent two decades:- 1992: 8,226 inhabitants (censusCensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
) - 2001: 11,828 inhabitants (censusCensusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
) - 2005: 14,060 inhabitants (est.)
- 2010: 16,397 inhabitants (est.)
98.3 % of the population speak Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, 12.1 % speak Quechua, 6.7 % Aymara
Aymara language
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...
, and 9.8 % other indigenous
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
languages. (2001)
The literacy rate
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
of the province's population is 83.5 %. (1992)
83.8 % of the population have no access to electricity, 58.7 % have no sanitary facilities. (1992)
87.0 % of the population are Catholics, 10.6 % are Protestants. (1992)
Division
The province comprises two municipalitiesMunicipalities of Bolivia
Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...
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- Ixiamas MunicipalityIxiamas MunicipalityIxiamas Municipality is the first municipal section of the Abel Iturralde Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Ixiamas.- References :*...
- 5,625 inhabitants (2005) - San Buenaventura Municipality - 6,203 inhabitants