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Jose Maria Aviles Province
Jose Maria Aviles is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.
Location
Aviles province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 21 28' and 22 05' south and between 64 29' and 65 25' west.
The province borders Eustaquio Mendez Province in the north, Potosi Department in the west, Argentina in the south, Aniceto Arce Province in the south-east, and Cercado Province in the north-east.
The province extends over 85 km from north to south, and 115 km from east to west.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 98.9 %, while 2.4 % of the population speak Quechua, and 0.2 speak Aymara.
The population increased from 16,210 inhabitants (1992 census) to 17,504 (2001 census), an increase of 8.0 %. - 47.6 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.
81.6 % of the population have no access to electricity, 82.9 % have no sanitary facilities (1992).
77.0 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1 % in mining, 3.7 % in industry, 19.2 % in general services (2001).
93.9 % of the population are Catholics, 4.6 % are Protestants (1992).
Division
The province comprises two municipios:
Uriondo (Municipio)
Yunchara (Municipio)
External links
Detailed map of province towns and rivers
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