Canton of Maragua
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| Residents (state) | 1651 pop (2001) | ||
| height | 3200 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 3 ′ S , 65 ° 26 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Oropeza Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Sucre | ||
| Central place | Maragua | ||
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The canton of Maragua is an administrative district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton of Maragua is one of thirteen cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sucre in the province of Oropeza and is located in the central western part of the district. It borders in the north on the canton of Chaunaca , in the west on the canton Potolo , in the southwest on the Department Potosí , in the south on the canton Quila Quila , in the southeast on the canton San Sebastian , and in the east on the canton Mamahuasi .
The canton extends between 19 ° 00 'and 19 ° 07' south latitude and 65 ° 21 '30 "and 65 ° 30' 30" west latitude, it measures from north to south up to ten kilometers and from west to east up to fifteen kilometers. The canton consists of thirteen localities ( localidades ), the central place is Maragua with 227 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the central part of the canton.
geography
Maragua is east of the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Central . The climate is a moderate altitude climate and a typical time of day climate , in which the average temperature fluctuation is greater during the day than during the year.
The annual average temperature in the valleys of the region is around 16 ° C (see Sucre climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between 14 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is about 700 mm and has five arid months from May to September with monthly values below 25 mm, and a significant humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation between 125 and 150 mm.
population
The population of the canton is in the decade between the last two censuses decreased slightly:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 1,732 | census |
| 2001 | 1,651 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population, in the municipality of Sucre 61.6 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
structure
The canton of Maragua is divided into the following eight sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Comunidad Humaca - 3 localities - 386 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Comunidad Irupampa - 2 localities - 248 inhabitants
- Comunidad Majada - 1 village - 114 inhabitants
- Comunidad Socapampa - 1 village - 151 inhabitants
- Comunidad Ulupicas - 1 village - 95 inhabitants
- Maragua - 3 localities - 496 inhabitants
- Thontorca - 1 village - 61 inhabitants
- Localidad Ruffo - 1 village - 100 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE social data Chuquisaca 2001 (PDF file; 4.22 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Sucre - General Maps No. 10101
- Municipio Sucre - detailed map and population data
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 4.21 MB)