Canton of La Cienega
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| Residents (state) | 86 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 48 ′ S , 66 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Mojinete | ||
| Central place | La Cienega | ||
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 Mojinete climate diagram |
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The canton of La Cienega is a municipality in the Department of Potosí in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Cantón La Cienega (also: Comunidad Le Cienega ) is one of five cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mojinete in the province of Sur Lípez . It borders in the north-east on the province of Sur Chichas , in the north on the municipality of San Pablo de Lípez , in the north-west on the canton Pueblo Viejo , in the west on the canton Bonete Palca , and in the south and east on the canton Mojinete .
The canton stretches between about 21 ° 46 'and 21 ° 51' south latitude and 66 ° 18 'and 66 ° 23' west longitude, it measures up to eight kilometers from north to south and up to seven kilometers from west to east. There are five municipalities in the canton, the central place is La Cienega in the center of the canton with 44 inhabitants. The canton lies at an average altitude of 4000 m , it is bounded to the west and north by the Río Guadalupe.
geography
The canton is located in the Cordillera de Lípez on the southern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano , the region's climate is semi-arid and has a typical time-of-day climate, in which the mean temperature fluctuation during the day is more pronounced than during the course of the seasons.
The annual average temperature in the valleys of the region is just under 8 ° C (see Mojinete climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate only slightly between just under 3 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from December to February. The annual precipitation is low 230 mm, the monthly precipitation is below 10 mm in the winter half year from April to October and only reaches values of 50 to 60 mm from December to February.
population
The number of inhabitants in the canton has increased by more than a third between the last two registered censuses , the data from the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 61 | census |
| 2001 | 86 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
The population density of the Municipio Mojinete at the last census in 2001 was 1.9 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The proportion of the population under the age of 15 is 44.2 percent, the proportion of women is 57 percent.
The literacy rate among those over 19 years of age is 79 percent, 98 percent for men and 62 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 97 percent is Quechua , 81 percent of the population speak Spanish . 86 percent of the population are Catholic, 13 percent Protestant. ( 2001 )
The life expectancy of newborns is 52 years. 98.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 82 percent live without sanitary facilities. ( 2001 )
structure
The Cantón Casa Grande is divided into the following two sub-cantons ( vicecantones or comunidades ):
- Comunidad La Cienega - 76 inhabitants ( 2001 census )
- Estancia Grande - 10 residents
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
Web links
- Municipio de Mojinete - Photos and background information ( Spanish )
- Municipio Mojinete - Politics, Population and Economy ( Spanish )
- Municipio Mojinete - General Maps No. 51002
- Municipio Mojinete - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.09 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )