Padilla | |
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Town | |
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  Padilla Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 19°18′S 64°18′W / 19.300°S 64.300°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Chuquisaca |
| Province | Tomina |
| Municipality | Padilla |
| Founded | June 23, 1583 |
| Elevation | 6,844 ft (2,086 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,697 |
| Time zone | UTC-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]
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- ^ "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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