Canton of San Antonio de Lípez
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| Residents (state) | 505 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4400 m | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 51 ′ S , 66 ° 56 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Sur Lípez Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio of San Pablo de Lípez | ||
| Central place | San Antonio de Lípez | ||
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 Climate diagram San Antonio de Lípez |
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The canton of San Antonio de Lípez 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 Lípez is one of three cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) San Pablo de Lípez in the province of Sur Lípez . It borders the province of Nor Lípez in the north and west , the province Enrique Baldivieso in the northwest , the canton Quetena Grande in the southwest , the municipality San Antonio de Esmoruco in the southeast , and the canton San Pablo de Lípez in the east .
The canton extends between about 21 ° 29 'and 22 ° 11' south latitude and 66 ° 38 'and 67 ° 09' west longitude, it measures from north to south up to 75 kilometers, from west to east up to 55 kilometers. There are only three municipalities in the canton, the central place is San Antonio de Lípez in the central part of the canton with 252 inhabitants, the other two villages are Relave with 143 inhabitants and Collpani with 110 inhabitants ( 2001 census ). The mean altitude of the canton is 4400 m .
geography
The canton of San Antonio de Lípez 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 of the region is only slightly above freezing point (see climate diagram San Antonio de Lípez), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate between minus 4 ° C in June / July and just under 8 ° C in December / January. The annual precipitation is very low at 150 mm, it is less than 5 mm monthly average from April to October, only in the southern summer months November to March there is significant precipitation.
population
The number of inhabitants in the canton has not changed between the last two censuses , data for the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 505 | census |
| 2001 | 505 | 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 San Antonio de Lípez is divided into the following three sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecanton San Antonio de Lípez - 1 municipality - 252 inhabitants ( 2001 census )
- Vicecantón Comunidad Relave - 1 municipality - 143 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Collpani - 1 municipality - 110 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)