Canton of Choro (Caranavi)
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| Residents (state) | 677 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 1500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 1 ′ S , 67 ° 36 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Caranavi Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Caranavi | ||
| Central place | Choro | ||
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The canton of Choro is an administrative district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton of Choro is one of twenty-two cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caranavi in the province of Caranavi and is located in the southernmost part of the district. It is bordered to the northwest by the Incahuara de Ckullu Kuchu canton , to the west and south by the Nor Yungas province , and to the east by the Chojña canton .
The canton extends between 15 ° 59 'and 16 ° 03' south latitude and 67 ° 31 'and 67 ° 40' west latitude, it measures up to seven kilometers from north to south and up to fifteen kilometers from west to east. The canton has nine localities ( localidades ), the central place is Choro with 117 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the western part of the canton.
geography
The canton of Choro is located in the Bolivian Yungas on the eastern slope of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with mean temperatures fluctuating more during the day than during the year.
The annual precipitation here in the subtropical Yungas is 1100 mm (see Coroico climate diagram) and has a clear dry season from May to August and a rainy season from December to February. The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 20 ° C and 25 ° C, during the day it is warm in summer and pleasantly cool at night.
population
The population of the canton has decreased by more than a fifth between the last two censuses . While the population of the central town of Choro increased from 159 to 223 inhabitants during this period, the rural area recorded a drastic decline from 718 to 454 inhabitants at the same time.
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 877 | census |
| 2001 | 677 | census |
| 2010 | . | no data yet |
Due to the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in the Municipio Caranavi , 57.8% of the population speak the Aymara language .
structure
The canton is divided into a total of eight sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Choro - 223 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Vicecantón Colonia Huaña Jahuira - 8 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Colonia Puerto Leon - 88 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Colonia San Pablo De Huayrapata - 63 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Colonia San Pedro De Leon - 63 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Pedro - 108 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Colonia Rio Seco - 53 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Colonia Alto Choro - 71 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001 [1]
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE social data 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística
Web links
- Municipio Caranavi - Politics, Population and Economy ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caranavi - General Maps No. 22001
- Municipio Caranavi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.17 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )