*** Welcome to piglix ***

Aniceto Arce Province


Aniceto Arce (or short: Arce) is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province is named after Aniceto Arce Ruiz (1824-1906), President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892.

Aniceto Arce province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 21° 45' and 22° 53' south and between 64° 06' and 65° 02' west.

The province borders Cercado Province and José María Avilés Province in the north, the Republic of Argentina in the west and south-east, Gran Chaco Province in the east, and Burnet O'Connor Province in the north-east.

The province extends over 140 km from north to south, and 100 km from east to west.

Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 80.7%, while 8.6% of the population speak Quechua, 1.0 speak Aymara, and 0.2% Guaraní.

The population increased from 44,713 inhabitants (1992 census) to 52,570 (2001 census), an increase of 17.6%. - 42.9% of the population are younger than 15 years old.

The province comprises two municipalities:

Coordinates: 21°15′S 64°35′W / 21.250°S 64.583°W / -21.250; -64.583


...
Wikipedia

...