Ichilo is one of the fifteen provinces of the

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

n Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the department's north-western parts. The province was founded by a decree of 8 April 1926 and is named after

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which is forming the province border in the West.

Location

Ichilo Province is located between 15° 48' and 18° 00'

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and between 63° 27' and 64° 50'

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. It extends over 350 km from Northwest to Southeast, and up to 110 km from Southwest to Northeast. The province is situated in the Bolivian lowlands and borders

Beni Department Beni (), sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern Departments of Bolivia, department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second-largest department in the country (after Santa Cruz), covering 213,564 square kilometers (82,458 ...

in the North,

Cochabamba Department Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the " granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from ...

in the West,

Manuel María Caballero Province Manuel María Caballero Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the department's western parts. The province name honors deputy Manuel María Caballero from Vallegrande, one of the sig ...

in the Southwest, Florida Province in the South,

Andrés Ibáñez Province Andrés Ibáñez Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department, situated in the western part of the department. Its capital is Santa Cruz de la Sierra which is also the capital of the department. The province was ...

in the Southeast, Sara Province in the East, and

Ñuflo de Chávez Province Ñuflo de Chávez is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the northern and central parts of the department. The name of the province honors the conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves (1518–1556) who foun ...

in the Northeast.

Population

The population of Ichilo Province has increased by circa 80% over the recent two decades: *1992: 49,484 inhabitants (

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) *2001: 70,444 inhabitants (

) *2005: 81,118 inhabitants (est.) *2024: 100,473 inhabitants (

) 47.8% of the population are younger than 15 years old. ''(1992)'' The

literacy Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

rate of the province is 94.6%. ''(2012)'' 96.1% of the population speak

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, 40.7% speak

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, 1.9%

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, and 0.6 speak

Guaraní Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to Ethnography * Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia) * Guarani language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay * G ...

. ''(1992)'' 67.1% of the population have no access to electricity, 46.6% have no sanitary facilities. ''(1992)'' 81.3% of the population are Catholics, 15.1% are Protestants. ''(1992)''

Geography

The medium altitude of the province is 386 m. The medium annual temperature in the province is 24.3 °C, the annual precipitation amounts to 2,563 mm.

Towns

Buena Vista is the province capital with 4,697 inhabitants ''(est. 2008)''. Other important towns in the province are *

Yapacaní Yapacaní (or Villa Yapacaní) is the largest city in the province of Ichilo in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz. It lies on the west bank of the Yapacani River, at the mouth of the Surutú River, 100 km north-west of Santa Cruz de ...

- 21,622 inhabitants ''(2008)'' *

Santa Fe de Yapacaní Santa Fe de Yapacaní is a small town in Bolivia. References

Populated places in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) {{SantaCruzBO-geo-stub ...

- 7,736 inhabitants ''(2008)'' * San Carlos, Ichilo - 4,440 inhabitants ''(2008)'' *

San Juan de Yapacaní San Juan de Yapacaní is a small town in Bolivia. San Juan de Yapacaní, officially San Juan, is a town and municipality in Bolivia, located in the province of Ichilo in the department of Santa Cruz. It is located 124 km northwest of the ci ...

- 4,121 inhabitants ''(2008)''

Industry

Main agricultural good of the province is

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, 50% of all the production in the Santa Cruz Department is from Ichilo Province. Other important economic goods are

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and

timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...

Division

The province comprises four

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

: * Buena Vista Municipality 2,047 km² - 13,273 inhabitants ''(2001)'' * San Carlos Municipality 3,998 km² - 25,633 inhabitants ''(2001)'' *

Yapacaní Municipality Yapacaní (or Villa Yapacaní) is the largest city in the province of Ichilo Province, Ichilo in the Bolivian Departments of Bolivia, department of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz. It lies on the west bank of the Yapacani River, at the ...

8,187 km² - 31,538 inhabitants ''(2001)'' * San Juan de Yapacaní Municipality - 9,131 inhabitants ''(2001)''Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001

References

External links

Population data (Spanish)
{{Coord, 17, 00, S, 64, 20, W, type:adm2nd_region:BO, display=title Provinces of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)