Canton of San Antonio de Esmoruco
| Canton of San Antonio de Esmoruco | |||
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 San Antonio de Esmoruco |
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| Basic data
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| Residents (state) | 1169 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4600 m | ||
| Coordinates | 22 ° 8 ′ S , 66 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio of San Antonio de Esmoruco | ||
| Central place | San Antonio de Esmoruco | ||
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 Climate diagram San Antonio de Esmoruco |
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The canton of San Antonio de Esmoruco is a municipality in the Department of Potosí in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Cantón San Antonio de Esmoruco is one of two cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Antonio de Esmoruco in the province of Sur Lípez . It borders on the municipality of San Pablo de Lípez to the northwest and west , the Republic of Argentina to the south , and the canton of Guadalupe to the east and northeast .
The canton extends between about 21 ° 52 'and 22 ° 28' south latitude and 66 ° 22 'and 67 ° 00' west longitude, it measures up to 40 kilometers from north to south and up to 55 kilometers from west to east. There are fourteen municipalities in the canton, the central place is San Antonio de Esmoruco in the north-eastern part of the canton with 370 inhabitants. The canton lies at an average altitude of 4600 m , in the center of the canton is the Cerro Panizo volcano .
geography
The canton is located in the Cordillera de Lípez on the southern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano , the climate of the region is semi-arid and has a typical daytime climate.
The annual average temperature of the region is 8 to 9 ° C (see climate diagram San Antonio), with a monthly average of around 4 ° C in June / July and just under 12 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is a low 200 mm, with the months April to October being almost free of precipitation. Significant precipitation falls only from November to March, with a maximum of around 50 mm monthly precipitation in January.
population
The population in the canton has increased by around half between the last two registered censuses , the data from the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 704 | census |
| 2001 | 1 169 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
The population density of the municipality of San Antonio de Esmoruco at the 2001 census was 0.7 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The proportion of the population aged under 15 is 48.3 percent.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 79 percent, 94 percent for men and 64 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 98 percent is Quechua , 87 percent of the population speak Spanish . 92 percent of the population are Catholic, 6 percent Protestant. ( 2001 )
The life expectancy of newborns is 59 years. 99.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 92 percent live without sanitary facilities. ( 2001 )
structure
The Cantón San Antonio de Esmoruco is divided into the following four sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecanton San Antonio de Esmoruco - 4 municipalities - 663 inhabitants ( 2001 census )
- Vicecantón Comunidad El Tholar - 1 municipality - 57 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Río Chilenas - 3 parishes - 96 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Río Mojon - 6 parishes - 353 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 Antonio de Esmoruco - General Maps No. 51003 ( Spanish )
- Municipio San Antonio de Esmoruco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.55 MB) (Spanish)
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 5.23 MB)