Canton of Sucre
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| Residents (state) | 239,449 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| Post Code | 01-0101-01 | ||
| height | 2700 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 2 ′ S , 65 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Oropeza Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Sucre | ||
| Central place | Sucre | ||
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 Climate diagram Sucre |
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The canton of Sucre is an administrative district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton of Sucre is one of thirteen cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sucre in the province of Oropeza and is located in the central part of the district. It borders in the north on the canton of Huata , in the northwest on the municipality Poroma , in the west on the canton San Sebastian , in the south on the municipality Yotala , and in the east on the canton San Lazaro .
The canton extends between 18 ° 56 '30 "and 19 ° 07' southern latitude and 65 ° 13 'and 65 ° 20' 30" western latitude, it measures up to ten kilometers from north to south and from west to east. The central place of the canton is the city of Sucre with 338,281 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the central part of the canton.
geography
The canton of Sucre 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 canton's population has almost doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 131,769 | census |
| 2001 | 193,876 | census |
| 2012 | 239,449 | census |
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 Sucre consists of the city of Sucre and eleven sub- cantons ( vicecantones ), it includes the city of Sucre and twenty other smaller towns.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE social data Chuquisaca 2001 (PDF; 4.4 MB)
