Azurduy Province Explained

Official Name:Azurduy
Settlement Type:Province
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Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of San Rafael within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Chuquisaca Department
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Azurduy
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Quechua
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-20.0167°N -64.4833°W

Azurduy Province[1] (full official name: Província de Juana Azurduy de Padilla) is a province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is the town of Azurduy. It was named in honor of revolutionary guerrilla Juana Azurduy de Padilla. In the 2012 census it had a population of 24,855.[2]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:

Subdivisions

The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into six cantons.[3] [4]

SectionMunicipalityCantonsSeat
1st Azurduy Canton Azurduy
    Las Casas Canton Torrecillas
    Antonio Lopez CantonSan Antonio
2nd Tarvita Canton Villa Orías (Tarvita)
    San Pedro Canton San Pedro
    Mariscal Braun CantonMariscal Braun

Notes and References

  1. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Web site: Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda - 2012: Chuquisaca . Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722212933/http://censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo/localidades/c_listado . 22 July 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: Atlas Municipal: Azurduy. Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia. https://web.archive.org/web/20140205193315/http://www.ine.gob.bo/pdf/AtlasMunicipal/010201.pdf. 5 February 2014. live.
  4. Web site: Atlas Municipal: Tarvita. Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia. https://web.archive.org/web/20140205193232/http://www.ine.gob.bo/pdf/AtlasMunicipal/010202.pdf. 5 February 2014. live.