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Enrique Baldivieso Province
Enrique Baldivieso is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosi.
Location
Enrique Baldivieso province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosi Department. It is located between 21 03' and 21 51' South and between 67 07' and 67 48' West. In the East, North, West and South it is almost completely encircled by the Nor Lipez Province, only in the Southeast it borders the Sur Lipez Province for 20 km.
The province extends over 120 km from Northwest to Southeast at an average width of 35 km.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Quechua, spoken by 96 %, while 86 % of the population speak Spanish. The population rose from 1,313 Einwohner (1992 census) to 1,640 (2001 census), an increase of 25 %. 46.5 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.
Capital of the province is San Agustin. 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.
Division
The province comprises only one municipio, San Agustin, which contains four districts (Cantones):
Alota
Cerro Gordo
San Agustin
Todos Santos
External links
Detailed map of province towns and rivers
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