Orinoca Canton

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Orinoca Canton
Basic data

Residents (state) 1687 pop. (2001 census)
Telephone code (+591)
height 3800  m
Coordinates 18 ° 58 ′  S , 67 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 58 ′  S , 67 ° 15 ′  W
Orinoca Canton (Bolivia)
Orinoca Canton
Orinoca Canton
politics

Department Oruro
province Sud Carangas Province
Municipio Municipio Andamarca
Central place Orinoca
climate
Corque climate diagram
Corque climate diagram

The canton of Orinoca is an administrative district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Cantón Orinoca is located in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Andamarca in the province of Sud Carangas at an average altitude of 3800  m on the west bank of Lake Poopó , 180 kilometers south of Oruro . It has a north-south and east-west extension of 35 kilometers each.

geography

The canton of Orinaca lies on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and west of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The region is characterized by a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperatures between day and night fluctuate more strongly than during the average year.

The mean average temperature of the region is 7.4 ° C (see Corque climate diagram), the monthly mean temperatures vary between 3 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is just under 300 mm; From April to October there is a pronounced dry season with monthly precipitation of less than 10 mm, only from December to March there is monthly precipitation of 40 to 75 mm.

population

The population of the Cantón increased from 1,259 inhabitants (1992 census) by 34.0% to 1,687 inhabitants (2001), the proportion of the urban population is 0%. In 1992, the under-15-year-olds accounted for 44.9% of the total population of the district and the literacy rate was 77.7%.

The main idiom of the Cantón is Aymara , which is spoken by 97% of the population, followed by Spanish with 76.7% and Quechua with 43.3%.

71.4% of the population are Catholic , 17.5% Protestant .

The Bolivian President Evo Morales comes from the village of Isallavi in ​​the Cantón Orinoca.

Standard of living

97.5% of households are without sanitary facilities , 100% of households without electricity (1992).

Economy and Transport

The population of the Cantón lives mainly from agriculture ( potatoes , wheat , corn , onions ) and extensive cattle breeding ( lama and vicuna ). Orinoca can only be reached by road; the Cantón capital, Orinoca, is served by a bus route twice a week.

Museo de la Revolución Democrática y Cultura

In 2017, the Museo de la Revolución Democrática y Cultura , one of the largest museums in Bolivia, opened in the village of Orinoca . It depicts the cultural richness and diversity of the indigenous cultures of Bolivia, their centuries-long struggle against oppression, exploitation and discrimination, and the development that the country took under the direction of Evo Morales.

structure

The canton is divided into the following sub-cantons ( vicecantones ) and localities ( localidades ), the respective population figures in 2001 are given in brackets:

  • Orinoca (Parantorre) (1,081)
    • Comunidad Agua Cruz (67)
    • Comunidad Ancorcaya (202)
    • Lagiloma (12)
    • Estancia Lloco (94)
    • Estancia Mara Mara (146)
    • Orinoca (163)
    • Parantorre Community (7)
    • Estancia Pucarani (59)
    • Thola Loma (1)
    • Estancia Tunavi (87)
    • Estancia Ichucollo (18)
    • Calavillca (159)
    • Chauca (66)
  • Vice Canton Chihuo (167)
    • Ayllu ichura 107
    • Chihuo 60
  • Ayllu Ichura (261)
    • Estancia Pataquiri 82
    • Comunidad Rosa Pata 179
  • Calavillca (86)
    • Lagiloma 27
    • Thola Loma 59
  • Ucumasi (47)
    • Ucumasi (47)
  • Ayllu Inchura (45)
    • San Cristobal De Pallini (45)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
  2. ↑ En medio de lágrimas, Evo inaugura en Orinoca el museo de la Revolución Democrática y Cultural . In: La Razón , February 2, 2017, accessed October 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Andrés Schipani: The limits of Evonomics . In: Financial Times , October 9, 2019, p. 7.

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