Camiri Canton
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| Residents (state) | 27,251 pop (2001) | ||
| height | 1200 m | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 6 ′ S , 63 ° 31 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Cordillera Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Camiri | ||
| Central place | Camiri | ||
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 Climate diagram Camiri |
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The canton of Camiri is a district in the Santa Cruz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton ( Bolivian : Cantón) Camiri is one of two cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Camiri in the province of Cordillera .
The canton of Camiri borders in the north on the canton of Choreti , also located in the municipality of Camiri; in the northwest to the Municipio Lagunillas ; in the southwest to the Chuquisaca department ; in the south to the municipality of Cuevo ; and in the east to the Municipio Charagua .
The canton stretches between about 20 ° 01 'and 20 ° 12' south latitude and 63 ° 25 'and 63 ° 40' west longitude, it measures 25 kilometers from north to south, and also 25 kilometers from west to east. In the north-western part of the canton is the central place of the canton, Camiri , with 28,855 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).
geography
The canton of Camiri lies 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 around 23 ° C, with monthly average temperatures between 17 ° C in June and over 26 ° C in November and December (see Camiri climate diagram). The annual precipitation is almost 900 mm, the dry season from May to October contrasts with a pronounced humidity period from November to April, in which the average maximum values reach 170 to 180 mm per month.
population
The number of inhabitants in the canton has changed little between the last two censuses:
- 1992 : 28,940 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 27,251 inhabitants (census)
- 2010 : The official update of the population in the municipality of Camiri assumes a slight decrease in population for the first decade of the 21st century.
structure
The canton of Camiri is divided into the following five sub-cantons (Bolivian: vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Camiri - 1 municipality - 26,505 inhabitants (2001)
- Vicecantón Comunidad Guirarapo - 2 parishes - 253 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Imbochi - 1 municipality - 216 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Yuti - 1 municipality - 91 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Alto Camiri - 2 parishes - 186 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
Web links
- Municipio Camiri - General Maps No. 70706
- Municipio Camiri - detailed map and population data (PDF; 776 kB) ( Spanish )
- Santa Cruz Department - Social data (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )