| Location in Bolivia | |
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| Main Data | |
| Capital | Padcaya |
| Area | 4,910 km2 |
| Population | 52,570 (2001) |
| Density | 10.7 inhabitants/km2(2001) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.TR.AA |
Aniceto Arce (or short: Arce) is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province is named after Aniceto Arce Ruiz (1824-1906), President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892.
Aniceto Arce province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 21° 45' and 22° 53' south and between 64° 06' and 65° 02' west.
The province borders Cercado Province and José María Avilés Province in the north, the Republic of Argentina in the west and south-east, Gran Chaco Province in the east, and Burnet O'Connor Province in the north-east.
The province extends over 140 km from north to south, and 100 km from east to west.
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 80.7%, and 0.2% Guaraní.
The population increased from 44,713 inhabitants (1992 census) to 52,570 (2001 census), an increase of 17.6%. - 42.9% of the population are younger than 15 years old.
55.4% of the population have no access to electricity, 51.4% have no sanitary facilities.
42.1% of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1% in mining, 10.2% in industry, 47.6% in general services (2001).
87.4% of the population are Catholics, 8.9% are Protestants (1992).
The province comprises two municipalities:
| Climate data for Padcaya, elevation 2,010 m (6,590 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.3 (79.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.6 (67.3) | 17.6 (63.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.1 (55.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 10.3 (50.5) | 7.5 (45.5) | 5.9 (42.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.5 (47.3) | 10.2 (50.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 8.9 (48.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 144.1 (5.67) | 117.1 (4.61) | 90.2 (3.55) | 30.0 (1.18) | 2.8 (0.11) | 0.5 (0.02) | 1.6 (0.06) | 6.5 (0.26) | 9.1 (0.36) | 37.3 (1.47) | 72.9 (2.87) | 142.3 (5.60) | 654.4 (25.76) |
| Average precipitation days | 14.5 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 75.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.2 | 71.8 | 73.0 | 69.3 | 65.0 | 59.8 | 56.7 | 55.3 | 59.2 | 59.4 | 64.6 | 66.5 | 64.4 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia [1] [2] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Rancho Campanario (La Merced), elevation 1,509 m (4,951 ft), (1999–2015) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 24.6 (76.3) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 25.6 (78.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.8 (69.4) | 18.6 (65.5) | 15.5 (59.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.1 (62.8) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.5 (65.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 14.9 (58.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 8.8 (47.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.9 (55.2) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 11.5 (52.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 141.9 (5.59) | 100.1 (3.94) | 83.9 (3.30) | 13.9 (0.55) | 1.0 (0.04) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7.1 (0.28) | 37.9 (1.49) | 46.7 (1.84) | 97.6 (3.84) | 530.3 (20.88) |
| Average precipitation days | 11.6 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 11.0 | 60.5 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia [3] [4] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Coyambuyo (Emborozu), elevation 881 m (2,890 ft), (1975–2015) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.8 (85.6) | 26.7 (80.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 18.7 (65.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.8 (74.8) | 20.2 (68.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 6.1 (43.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 16.1 (61.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 13.6 (56.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 407.7 (16.05) | 362.3 (14.26) | 368.1 (14.49) | 176.9 (6.96) | 55.7 (2.19) | 33.2 (1.31) | 21.6 (0.85) | 11.8 (0.46) | 35.2 (1.39) | 93.4 (3.68) | 197.5 (7.78) | 344 (13.5) | 2,107.4 (82.92) |
| Average precipitation days | 17.2 | 17.4 | 20.0 | 15.6 | 11.5 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 16.2 | 147.2 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia [1] [5] | |||||||||||||
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