Cuevo Canton
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
3587 inhabitants (2010 update) 5 inhabitants / km² |
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| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 744 km² | ||
| height | 1250 m | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 20 ′ S , 63 ° 35 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Cordillera Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Cuevo | ||
| Central place | Cuevo | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Camiri |
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The canton Cuevo is a municipality in the Santa Cruz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton ( Bolivian : Cantón) Cuevo is the only canton in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Cuevo in the province of Cordillera .
The canton is bordered by the Chuquisaca department to the west and south, the Boyuibe municipality to the east , and the Camiri municipality to the north .
The canton extends between about 20 ° 07 'and 20 ° 29' south latitude and 63 ° 20 'and 63 ° 44' west longitude, its extent from west to east and from north to south is up to 40 kilometers each.
The canton comprises 14 municipalities ( localidades ), the central location is the village Cuevo with 2,475 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the southern edge of the canton.
geography
The canton Cuevo 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 23 ° C, with monthly average temperatures between 17 and 18 ° C from June to July and over 26 ° C from November to December (see Camiri climate diagram). The annual precipitation is almost 900 mm, the dry season from May to October contrasts with a pronounced wet season from November to April, in which the average monthly values reach 175 mm.
population
The canton's population has increased by around 15 percent over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 3 135 | census |
| 2001 | 3 406 | census |
| 2005 | 3 512 | Update |
| 2010 | 3,587 | Update |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
structure
The canton of Cuevo is divided into the following seven sub-cantons (Bolivian: vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Comunidad El Arenal - 4 municipalities - 483 inhabitants (2001 census)
- Vicecantón Comunidad Ibicuati - 2 municipalities - 332 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Mandiyuti - 1 municipality - 139 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Salinas - 2 parishes - 336 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Tartagalito - 3 parishes - 356 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Cuevo - 1 municipality - 1,637 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Itakise - 1 municipality - 123 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 1.59 MB)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística 2005 - Boletin No. 75 (PDF; 196 kB)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 1.59 MB)
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 )