Municipio Gutiérrez

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Municipio Gutiérrez
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		12,273 inhabitants (2012 census)
4 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07-0705
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,858 km²
height 950  m
Coordinates 19 ° 30 ′  S , 63 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 30 ′  S , 63 ° 25 ′  W
Municipio Gutiérrez (Bolivia)
Municipio Gutiérrez
Municipio Gutiérrez
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Cordillera Province
Central place Gutiérrez
climate
Climate diagram Gutiérrez
Climate diagram Gutiérrez

The Municipio Gutiérrez is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Gutiérrez is one of seven Municipios of the Cordillera Province and covers an area in the western part of the province. It is bordered by the Chuquisaca department in the northwest, the Lagunillas municipality in the west, the Camiri municipality in the south, the Charagua municipality in the east , and the Cabezas municipality in the north .

The municipality extends between about 18 ° 58 'and 20 ° 00' south latitude and 63 ° 08 'and 63 ° 47' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 75 kilometers and from north to south up to 120 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 37 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village Gutiérrez with 1,019 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the central part of the district.

geography

The municipality Gutiérrez is located on the western edge of the Bolivian lowlands between the foothills of the southeastern Cordillera Central . The climate is subtropical and semi-humid , the temperatures fluctuate only to a limited extent during the day and during the year.

The annual average temperature is almost 23 ° C, with average monthly temperatures between 18 ° C in June and July and over 25 ° C from November to January (see climate diagram). The annual precipitation is almost 750 mm, the dry season from May to October contrasts with a pronounced humidity period from November to April, in which the average monthly values ​​reach 130 to 140 mm.

population

The population of the Municipio Gutiérrez has increased by around a quarter in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 9,833 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 11,393 inhabitants (census)
  • 2010 : 12,273 inhabitants (census)

The population density in the last census of 2001 was 6.1 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 15 years of age had increased from 73.7 percent (1992) to 80.2 percent. The life expectancy of newborns was 59.1 years, and infant mortality had fallen from 10.3 percent (1992) to 8.3 percent in 2001.

78.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 77.3 percent speak Guarani , and 1.1 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

89.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 68.9 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

61.6 percent of 1989 households have a radio, 5.8 percent a television, 26.9 percent a bicycle, 1.8 percent a motorcycle, 4.2 percent a car, 3.8 percent a refrigerator, and 0.9 percent Percent a phone. (2001)

politics

Results of the elections for the municipal council ( concejales del municipio ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:

electoral
legitimate 		electoral
participation 		valid votes MAS-IPSP VERDES MSM
3,774   3,348 2,630   1,665 717 248
  88.7% 78.6%   63.3% 27.3% 9.4%

structure

The municipality Gutiérrez is divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón Gutiérrez - 26 Vicecantones - 35 municipalities - 8,690 inhabitants ( 2001 )
  • Cantón Ipitá - 11 vicecantones - 14 municipalities - 2,703 inhabitants

Localities in the municipality

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística 2012
  2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  4. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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