Canton of Guadalupe (Esmoruco)
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| Residents (state) | 497 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4100 m | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 56 ′ S , 66 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio of San Antonio de Esmoruco | ||
| Central place | Guadalupe | ||
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 Climate diagram San Antonio de Esmoruco |
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The canton of Guadalupe is a municipality in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Cantón Guadalupe is one of two cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Antonio de Esmoruco in the province of Sur Lípez . It borders in the north and northwest on the municipality of San Pablo de Lípez , in the west on the canton of San Antonio de Esmoruco , in the south and southeast on the Republic of Argentina , and in the northeast on the municipality Mojinete .
The canton stretches between about 21 ° 45 'and 22 ° 08' south latitude and 66 ° 15 'and 66 ° 39' west longitude, it measures up to 30 kilometers from north to south and from west to east. There are eight municipalities in the canton, the central location is Guadalupe in the northern part of the canton with 184 inhabitants. The canton lies at an average altitude of 4100 m .
geography
The canton is located in the Cordillera de Lípez on the southern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano , the climate of the region is semi-arid and has a typical daytime climate.
The annual average temperature of the region is 8 to 9 ° C (see climate diagram San Antonio), with a monthly average of around 4 ° C in June / July and just under 12 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is a low 200 mm, with the months April to October being almost free of precipitation. Significant precipitation falls only from November to March, with a maximum of around 50 mm monthly precipitation in January.
population
The number of inhabitants in the canton has risen by around a quarter between the last two registered censuses , the data from the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 405 | census |
| 2001 | 497 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
The population density of the municipality of San Antonio de Esmoruco at the 2001 census was 0.7 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The proportion of the population aged under 15 is 48.3 percent.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 79 percent, 94 percent for men and 64 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 98 percent is Quechua , 87 percent of the population speak Spanish . 92 percent of the population are Catholic, 6 percent Protestant. ( 2001 )
The life expectancy of newborns is 59 years. 99.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 92 percent live without sanitary facilities. ( 2001 )
structure
The Cantón Guadalupe is divided into the following three sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Guadalupe - 3 parishes - 184 inhabitants ( 2001 census )
- Vicecantón Comunidad Ocke Orkho de Quillacas - 3 parishes - 122 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Río Seco - 2 municipalities - 191 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 San Antonio - General Maps No. 51003
- Municipio San Antonio - detailed map and population data (PDF; 734 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB)