Canton of Quetena Grande
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 View of Peña Barrosa (Quetena Chico) |
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| Basic data
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| Residents (state) | 621 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4700 m | ||
| Coordinates | 22 ° 24 ′ S , 67 ° 28 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio of San Pablo de Lípez | ||
| Central place | Quetena Grande | ||
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 Climate diagram Quetena Grande |
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The canton of Quetena Grande is a municipality in the Department of Potosí in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Cantón Quetena Grande is one of three cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Pablo de Lípez in the province of Sur Lípez . The canton is located in the extreme southwest of Bolivia, it borders in the north on the province of Nor Lípez , in the west and south on the Republic of Chile , in the southeast on the Republic of Argentina , in the east on the municipality of San Antonio de Esmoruco , and in the northeast on the canton San Antonio de Lípez .
The canton stretches between about 21 ° 58 'and 22 ° 54' south latitude and 66 ° 57 'and 68 ° 02' west longitude, it measures from north to south up to 100 kilometers, from west to east up to 110 kilometers. There are only five municipalities in the canton, the central place is Quetena Grande in the north-eastern part of the canton with 140 inhabitants, the most populous place is Peña Barrosa (Quetena Chico) with 373 inhabitants ( 2001 census ). The mean altitude of the canton is 4700 m .
geography
The canton of Quetena Grande is located in the Cordillera de Lípez , which borders the Bolivian Altiplano to the south. The climate of the region is semi-arid and a typical time of day climate ; in which the mean temperature fluctuations in the course of the day are more pronounced than in the course of the seasons.
The annual average temperature in the valley meadows of the region is around 6 ° C (see climate diagram Quetena Grande), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 1 ° C in June / July and almost 9 ° C in December / January. The annual precipitation is very low at 127 mm, from April to October it is less than 5 mm monthly average, only in the southern summer months of January and February there is significant precipitation.
population
The number of inhabitants in the canton fell slightly between the last two censuses , data for the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 652 | census |
| 2001 | 621 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
The population density of the municipality of San Pablo de Lípez at the 2001 census was 0.2 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the population under 15 years of age was 41.3 percent.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 81 percent, 94 percent for men and 68 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 87 percent is Spanish , 80 percent of the population speak Quechua . 83 percent of the population are Catholic, 10 percent Protestant.
The life expectancy of newborns is 53 years. 99.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 92 percent live without sanitary facilities. ( 2001 )
structure
The Cantón Quetena Grande is divided into the following two sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecanton Quetena Grande - 2 municipalities - 161 inhabitants ( 2001 census )
- Vicecantón Quetena Chico - 3 parishes - 460 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
Web links
- Municipio San Pablo - General Maps No. 51001
- Municipio San Pablo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.55 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB)