Canton of Potolo
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| Residents (state) | 2847 pop (2001) | ||
| height | 3300 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 2 ′ S , 65 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Oropeza Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Sucre | ||
| Central place | Potolo | ||
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The canton of Potolo is an administrative district in the department of Chuquisaca in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton of Potolo is one of thirteen cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sucre in the province of Oropeza and is located in the western part of the district. It borders in the northwest, west and south on the Potosí department , in the southeast on the canton of Maragua , and in the northeast on the canton of Chaunaca .
The canton extends between 18 ° 57 '30 "and 19 ° 06' south latitude and 65 ° 27 '30" and 65 ° 35' west latitude, it measures from north to south up to fifteen kilometers and from west to east up to twelve kilometers. The canton consists of 33 localities ( localidades ), the central place is Potolo with 451 inhabitants ( 2001 ) in the central part of the canton.
geography
The canton of Potolo is located 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 risen by almost ten percent:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 2,657 | census |
| 2001 | 2,847 | 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 Potolo is divided into the following eight sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Comunidad Caraviri - 1 village - 106 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Comunidad Chullpas - 18 towns - 304 inhabitants
- Comunidad Janac K'Uchu - 2 villages - 115 inhabitants
- Comunidad Maracori - 1 village - 82 inhabitants
- Comunidad Potolo - 6 localities - 1259 inhabitants
- Comunidad Sacopaya - 1 village - 395 inhabitants
- Comunidad Sayaca - 1 village - 120 inhabitants
- Comunidad Potolo - 3 localities - 466 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; 4.4 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)