José María Avilés Province

José María Avilés (or: Avilez) is a province in the wastren pairts o the Bolivie depairtment Tarija.

Location
Avilés province is ane o sax provinces in the Tarija Depairtment. It is locatit atween 21° 28' an 22° 05' sooth an atween 64° 29' an 65° 25' wast.

The province borders Eustaquio Méndez Province in the north, Potosí Depairtment in the wast, Argentinae in the sooth, Aniceto Arce Province in the sooth-east, an Cercado Province in the north-east.

The province extends ower 85 km frae north tae sooth, an 115 km frae east tae wast.

Population
Main idiom o the province is Spaingie, spoken bi 98.9 %, while 2.4 % o the population speak Quechua, an 0.2 speak Aymara.

The population increased frae 16,210 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 17,504 (2001 census), an increase o 8.0 %. - 47.6 % o the population are younger than 15 year auld.

81.6 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 82.9 % hae nae sanitar facilities (1992).

77.0 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 0.1 % in mining, 3.7 % in industrie, 19.2 % in general services (2001).

93.9 % o the population are Catholics, 4.6 % are Protestants (1992).

Diveesion
The province comprises twa municipalities:
Uriondo Municipality
Yunchará Municipality

 Places o interest 
 Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve
 Tariquía Flora an Fauna Naitional Reserve

Freemit airtins
General map of province 
Detailed map o province touns an rivers 
Population data (Spainyie) 

Category:Provinces o Tarija Depairtment