Canton of Pueblo Viejo

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Canton of Pueblo Viejo
Basic data

Residents (state) 64 pop (2001)
Telephone code (+591)
height 4300  m
Coordinates 21 ° 44 ′  S , 66 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 44 ′  S , 66 ° 24 ′  W
Pueblo Viejo Canton (Bolivia)
Canton of Pueblo Viejo
Canton of Pueblo Viejo
politics

Department Potosí
province Sur Lípez Province
Municipio Municipio Mojinete
Central place Pueblo Viejo
climate
Climate diagram San Antonio de Esmoruco
Climate diagram San Antonio de Esmoruco

The canton of Pueblo Viejo is a municipality in the Department of Potosí in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Cantón Pueblo Viejo is one of five cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mojinete in the province of Sur Lípez . It borders in the northeast and northwest on the municipality of San Pablo de Lípez , in the southwest on the canton Bonete Palca , and in the southeast on the canton La Cienega .

The canton extends between about 21 ° 40 'and 21 ° 47' south latitude and 66 ° 20 'and 66 ° 27' west longitude, it measures up to seven kilometers from north to south and up to ten kilometers from west to east. There is only one municipality in the canton, the central town of Pueblo Viejo in the north-eastern part of the canton with 64 inhabitants. The canton lies at an average altitude of 4,300  m .

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 rose slightly between the last two registered censuses , the data from the 2012 census are not yet available:

year Residents source
1992 60 census
2001 64 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

Since the Cantón Pueblo Viejo has only one village, it is not further subdivided into sub-cantons ( vicecantones or comunidades ).

Individual evidence

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001

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