Canton of Coroico
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| Residents (state) | 8876 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 2000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 11 ′ S , 67 ° 42 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Nor Yungas Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Coroico | ||
| Central place | Coroico | ||
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 Coroico climate diagram |
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The canton Coroico is an administrative district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton of Coroico is one of three cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Coroico in the province of Nor Yungas and is located in the eastern part of the district. It borders in the northeast on the province of Caranavi , in the northwest on the canton Mururata , in the west on the canton Pacollo , in the southwest on the province Sud Yungas , and in the east on the municipality Coripata .
The canton extends between 16 ° 02 'and 16 ° 21' south latitude and 67 ° 33 'and 67 ° 50' west latitude, it measures from north to south up to 30 kilometers, from west to east up to 15 kilometers. The canton has 64 localities ( localidades ), the central place is Coroico with 2,319 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the central part of the canton.
geography
The canton of Coroico 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 is between the last two censuses risen by about a quarter. For the decade up to 2010, the official population estimate for the Municipios Coroico assumes a similar development as in the decade before 2001.
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 7,244 | census |
| 2001 | 8,876 | census |
| 2010 | . | no data yet |
Due to the historical population development in the Municipio Coroico, the Aymara population is predominant, 62.1% of the population speak the Aymara language .
structure
The canton is divided into a total of 54 sub-cantons ( vicecantones ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 2.3 MB)
- ^ 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 Coroico - Politics, Population and Economy ( Spanish )
- Municipio Coroico - General Maps No. 21401
- Municipio Coroico - detailed map and population data (PDF; 571 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )