Vallegrande Province

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Vallegrande
Panorama of Vallegrande
Location in Bolivia
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General Data
Capital Vallegrande
Area 6,414 km2
Population 27,429 (2001)
Density 4.3 inhabitants/km2(2001)
ISO 3166-2 BO.SC.VG
Santa Cruz Department
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Vallegrande is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia.

Subdivision

The province is divided into 5 municipios (municipalities):

MunicipalityArea km2SeatPopulation (2007)
Pucará 619 Pucará 2,445
Moro Moro 952 Moro Moro 2,982
Postrer Valle 1,059 Postrer Valle 3,006
Trigal 217 Trigal 2,467
Vallegrande 3,567 Vallegrande 17,082

See also

18°40′01″S64°00′00″W / 18.667°S 64.000°W / -18.667; -64.000


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