Azurduy Province

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 2001 census it had a population of 27,579.^[2]

Subdivisions

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

Section	Municipality	Cantons	Seat
1st	Azurduy Municipality		Azurduy
		Las Casas Canton	Torrecillas
		Azurduy Canton	Azurduy
		Antonio Lopez Canton	San Antonio
2nd	Tarvita Municipality		Villa Orías (Travita)
		Tarvita Canton	Villa Orías
		San Pedro Canton	San Pedro
		Mariscal Braun Canton	Mariscal Braun

References

↑ Provincia Azurduy (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
↑ "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda - 2001: Chuquisaca". Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
↑ "Atlas Municipal: Azurduy" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2014.
↑ "Atlas Municipal: Tarvita" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2014.

Chuquisaca Department

Capital: Sucre

Provinces	Azurduy Belisario Boeto Hernando Siles Luis Calvo Nor Cinti Oropeza Sud Cinti Tomina Yamparáez Zudáñez

Municipalities and seats	Azurduy (Azurduy) Camargo (Camargo) Camataqui (Camataqui) Culpina (Culpina) El Villar (El Villar) Huacareta (Huacareta) Huacaya (Huacaya) Icla (Icla) Incahuasi (Incahuasi) Las Carreras (Las Carreras) Macharetí (Macharetí) Mojocoya (Mojocoya) Monteagudo (Monteagudo) Muyupampa (Villa Vaca Guzmán) Padilla (Padilla) Poroma (Poroma) Presto (Presto) San Lucas (San Lucas) Sopachuy (Sopachuy) Sucre (Sucre) Tarabuco (Tarabuco) Tarvita (Villa Orias) Tomina (Tomina) Villa Alcalá (Villa Alcalá) Villa Charcas (Villa Charcas) Villa Serrano (Villa Serrano) Villa Zudáñez (Zudáñez) Yotala (Yotala) Yamparáez (Yamparáez)

Coordinates: 20°00′00″S 64°30′00″W / 20.000°S 64.500°W / -20.000; -64.500

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