Ichilo Province
# Ichilo Province

Ichilo :

| View of Río Piray ||
| - | - |
| Location in Bolivia ||
| General Data ||
| Capital | Buena Vista |
| Area | 14,232 $km^2$ |
| Population | 70,444 (2001) |
| Density | 5.0 $inhabitants/km^2$ (2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.SC.IC |
| Santa Cruz Department ||

Ichilo is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian 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 Río Ichilo which is forming the province border in the West.

## Location

Ichilo Province is located between 15° 48' and 18° 00' South and between 63° 27' and 64° 50' West. 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 in the North, Cochabamba Department in the West, Manuel María Caballero Province in the Southwest, Florida Province in the South, Andrés Ibáñez Province in the Southeast, Sara Province in the East, and Ñuflo de Chávez Province in the Northeast.

## Population

The population of Ichilo Province has increased by circa 80% over the recent two decades:

* 1992: 49,484 inhabitants (census)
* 2001: 70,444 inhabitants (census)
* 2005: 81,118 inhabitants (est.)
* 2010: 91,678 inhabitants (est.)

The literacy rate of the province is 78.5%.

## 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 - 21,622 inhabitants (2008)
* Santa Fe de Yapacaní - 7,736 inhabitants (2008)
* San Carlos, Ichilo - 4,440 inhabitants (2008)
* San Juan de Yapacaní - 4,121 inhabitants (2008)

## Industry

Main agricultural good of the province is rice, 50% of all the production in the Santa Cruz Department is from Ichilo Province. Other important economic goods are cocoa and timber.

## Division

The province comprises four municipalities:

* Buena Vista Municipality 2,047 $km^2$ - 13,273 inhabitants (2001)
* San Carlos Municipality 3,998 $km^2$ - 25,633 inhabitants (2001)
* Yapacaní Municipality 8,187 $km^2$ - 31,538 inhabitants (2001)
* San Juan de Yapacaní Municipality - 9,131 inhabitants (2001)
