Canton of Cotoca
| Canton of Cotoca | |||
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 Iglesia de Cotoca |
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| Basic data
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| Residents (state) | 33,675 pop (2001) | ||
| height | 340 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 45 ′ S , 62 ° 50 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Cotoca | ||
| Central place | Cotoca | ||
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 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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The canton of Cotoca is a municipality in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton ( Bolivian : Cantón) Cotoca is one of two cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cotoca in the province of Andrés Ibáñez .
The canton borders on the municipality of Santa Cruz in the north, west and south , on the province of Chiquitos in the east, and on the canton of Puerto Pailas in the northeast . The central place is Cotoca in the western part of the canton with 19,482 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).
The canton stretches between about 17 ° 40 'and 17 ° 51' south latitude and 62 ° 45 'and 63 ° 04' west longitude, it measures twenty kilometers from north to south and up to 35 kilometers from west to east.
geography
The canton of Cotoca is located east of the Cordillera Oriental in the Bolivian lowlands on the west bank of the Río Grande (Guapay) . The region's climate is tropical and humid almost all year round, with a short dry season from July to August with monthly values of only 30–40 mm and maximum values of 130–160 mm from December to February.
The temperature change in the course of the year is very balanced, the mean annual temperature is 24 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 20 ° C in June / July and a good 26 ° C from October to December (see climate diagram Santa Cruz).
population
The population of the canton has risen by around two thirds in the decade between the last two published censuses . Detailed data from the 2012 census are not yet available, but further significant growth can be assumed:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 19 631 | census |
| 2001 | 33 675 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
structure
The canton of Cotoca is divided into the following sub-cantons (Bolivian: vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Cotoca - 1 municipality - 15,181 inhabitants (2001 census)
- Vicecantón Campanero - 3 parishes - 2,213 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad El Bis - 1 municipality - 524 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Arroyuelo - 2 parishes - 447 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Cumavi - 1 municipality - 319 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad El Espino - 1 municipality - 592 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Itapaqui - 1 municipality - 691 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Santa Rosa De Proboste - 2 parishes - 571 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Cosorio - 1 municipality - 366 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Don Lorenzo - 4 municipalities - 1,885 inhabitants
- Vicecantón El Bisito - 1 municipality - 1,328 inhabitants
- Vicecantón La Cruceña (Las Barreras) - 4 parishes - 1,380 inhabitants
- Vicecantón La Enconada - 2 municipalities - 1,510 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Los Tajibos - 3 parishes - 500 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Mapaiso de la Purisima - 1 municipality - 253 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Mapaiso De Las Piedades - 4 municipalities - 2,892 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Tajibos - 1 municipality - 956 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Tarope - 2 parishes - 1,189 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Villa Alba - 1 municipality - 342 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Callejas - 1 municipality - 716 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
Web links
- Municipio Cotoca - General Maps No. 70102
- Municipio Cotoca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 538 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )