Vallegrande Municipality

Municipality in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
18°45′S 63°55′W / 18.750°S 63.917°W / -18.750; -63.917Country BoliviaDepartmentSanta Cruz DepartmentProvinceVallegrande ProvinceCapitalVallegrandeArea
 • Total3,191 km2 (1,232 sq mi)Elevation
2,030 m (6,660 ft)Population
 (2012)
 • Total17,208 • Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)

Vallegrande Municipality is the first municipal section of the Vallegrande Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Vallegrande.

Administrative divisions

The municipality of Vallegrande is divided into sixteen cantons.

  • Alto Seco (cantón)
  • Chaco (cantón)
  • El Bello (cantón)
  • Guadalupe (cantón)
  • Khasa Monte (cantón)
  • Loma Larga (cantón)
  • Mankaillpa (cantón)
  • Masicurí (cantón)
  • Naranjos (cantón)
  • Piraymiri (cantón)
  • San Juan del Tucumansillo (cantón)
  • Santa Ana (cantón)
  • Santa Rosita (cantón)
  • Sitanos (cantón)
  • Temporal (cantón)
  • Vallegrande (cantón)

Languages

The predominant language in the Vallegrande Municipality is Spanish.

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 405
Aymara 103
Guaraní 12
Another native 21
Spanish 16,129
Foreign 80
Only native 61
Native and Spanish 446
Only Spanish 15,688

References

  • obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
  • www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Vallegrande Province

External links

  • "Map of Vallegrande Province". La Comisión para la Gestión Integral del Agua en Bolivia (CGIAB). Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
  • "Map of Vallegrande Province". Unidad de Análisis de Políticas Sociales y Económicas (UDAPE), Government of Bolivia. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.


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