Padilla, Bolivia

Padilla
Town
Padilla is located in Bolivia
Padilla
Padilla
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 19°18′S 64°18′W / 19.300°S 64.300°W / -19.300; -64.300
Country Bolivia
DepartmentChuquisaca
ProvinceTomina
MunicipalityPadilla
FoundedJune 23, 1583
Elevation
6,844 ft (2,086 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,697
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Padilla (originally, San Miguel de La Laguna; subsequently, San Juan de Rodas, and La Laguna)[1] is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia, located southeast by road from Tomina Province. It is the centre of the municipality of the same name. As of 2010, it had an estimated population of 3697,[2] an increase on the 2001 census figure of 2714,[3] and a decrease from ca. 1904 when its population was approximately 6,000.[4]

  1. ^ Josep M. Barnadas, ed. (2002). Diccionario histórico de Bolivia. Sucre: Grupo de Estudios Históricos.
  2. ^ "Bolivia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved September 21, 2010.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda - 2001 Poblacion por Departamentos, Provincias, Secciones Municipales, Localidades y Organizaciones Comunitarias" (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
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