Ñuflo de Chávez Province
Ñuflo de Chávez Province | |
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Province | |
Mission church in Concepción, one of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos (declared a World Heritage Site in 1990) | |
Location of Ñuflo de Chávez Province within Bolivia | |
Provinces of the Santa Cruz Department | |
| Coordinates: 16°00′0″S 62°00′0″W / 16.00000°S 62.00000°W | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Department | Santa Cruz Department |
| Capital | Concepción |
| Government | |
| • Sub governor | Widen Barbery (Concepción) |
| Area | |
• Total | 20,910 sq mi (54,150 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,627 ft (496 m) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 129,674 |
| • Density | 6.2/sq mi (2.4/km2) |
| • Ethnicities | Chiquitos |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Area code | BO.SC.NC |
Ñuflo de Chávez is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the northern and central parts of the department. The name of the province honors the conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves (1518–1556) who founded the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Its capital is Concepción. The province was created by law of September 16, 1915, during the presidency of Ismael Montes. Originally it was part of the Chiquitos Province.