Canton of Pagador
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
134 population (2001) 1 population / km² |
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| surface | 230 km² | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 11 ′ S , 68 ° 33 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sabaya Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Sabaya | ||
| Central place | Pagador | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Sabaya |
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The canton Pagador is a municipality in the Oruro department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Cantón Pagador is one of seventeen cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sabaya in the province of Sabaya . It borders in the north on the canton of San Antonio de Pitacollo , in the west and south on the canton Pisiga Bolívar Sucre , in the east on the canton Villa Vitalina , and in the northeast on the canton Cahuana .
The canton extends between about 19 ° 07 'and 19 ° 15' south latitude and 68 ° 30 'and 68 ° 37' west longitude, it measures up to 15 kilometers from north to south and about 10 kilometers from west to east. In the southern part of the canton is the central town of the canton, Pagador , which is also the only town with 134 inhabitants ( 2001 census ). The mean altitude of the canton is 4000 m .
geography
The canton of Pagador lies on the western edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and is bounded to the west by the foothills of the Cordillera Occidental and to the north by the two extinct stratovolcanoes Tata Sabaya (5430 m) and Cerro Separaya (5530 m).
The climate of the region is semi-arid , the annual precipitation is only 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). From April to November there is a dry season with monthly values of less than 10 mm of precipitation, the wet season in summer is short and the rain is not very productive. The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the region corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
population
The population in the canton has increased significantly in the last decade of the last century:
- 1992 : 42 inhabitants ( 1992 census )
- 2001 : 134 inhabitants (census)
- 2010 : More recent data are not yet available
The population density of the Municipio Sabaya at the 2001 census was 1.3 inhabitants / km², in the canton of Pagador it is 0.6 inhabitants / km². The life expectancy of newborns in the Municipio Sabaya was 54.9 years in 2001.
The literacy rate among the over 19-year-olds in the municipality of Sabaya is 94 percent, namely 98 percent for men and 89 percent for women (2001).
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Sabaya 62.9% of the population speak the Aymara language .
structure
The Cantón Pagador has an area of about 230 km² and is no further in sub-cantons ( vicecantones ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Carola Dörrie, Soil and Vegetation in the Huachacalla Area (PDF; 22.9 MB)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE 1992)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE 2001)
- ↑ INE social data (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Sabaya - Politics, Population and Economy ( Spanish )
- Municipio Sabaya - General Maps No. 40901
- Municipio Sabaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 807 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )