Trinidad Canton

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Trinidad Canton
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density
106,422 inhabitants (2012 census)
60 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 08-0101-01
surface 1,773 km²
height 1800  m
Coordinates 14 ° 50 ′  S , 64 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 50 ′  S , 64 ° 35 ′  W
Trinidad Canton (Bolivia)
Trinidad Canton
Trinidad Canton
politics

Department Beni
province Province of Cercado
Municipio Municipio Trinidad
Central place Trinidad
climate
Climate diagram Trinidad
Climate diagram Trinidad

The canton (Spanish: Cantón ) Trinidad is a municipality in the Beni department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The canton of Trinidad is the only canton in the municipality of Trinidad in the province of Cercado . It borders the municipality of San Javier to the north, the province of Moxos to the west , and the province of Marbán to the south and southeast .

In the western part of the canton is the city of Trinidad with 101,454 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).

geography

The canton of Trinidad has a tropical hot and humid climate all year round . The annual average temperature is 26 ° C (see climate diagram Trinidad), with the monthly average temperatures between June / July at a good 23 ° C and October / December at just under 28 ° C only slightly different. The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm and is therefore more than twice as high as the precipitation in Central Europe. Maximum values ​​of around 300 mm in the months of December to February contrast with low values ​​of around 50 mm in July / August.

population

The population in the canton has increased by around 40 percent over the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 60,953 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 79,963 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 106,422 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the canton is 60 inhabitants / km² (2001), the proportion of the urban population is 95.3 percent. ( 2012 )

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 66.4 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 94.8 percent, 97.0 percent for men and 92.7 percent for women ( 2001 ).

structure

The canton has an area of ​​1,773 km² and is divided into the following sub-cantons ( Bolivian : vicecantones):

  • 08-0101-0100-1 Trinidad - 101,454 inhabitants
  • 08-0101-0100-3 Puerto Balivian - 344 pop.
  • 08-0101-0100-4 Puerto Barador - 813 pop.
  • 08-0101-0100-7 Casarabe - 915 pop.
  • 08-0101-0100-8 Villa Victoria - 15 pop.
  • 08-0101-0100-9 San Carlos - 44 pop.
  • 08-0101-0170-1 El Cerrito - 32 pop.
  • 08-0101-0170-2 Ibiato - 447 pop.
  • 08-0101-0170-3 San Juan de Agua Dulce - 170 pop.
  • 08-0101-0170-5 Loma Suarez - pop. 886.
  • 08-0101-0170-8 Puerto Almacen - pop. 463
  • 08-0101-0171-0 Puerto Geralda - 214 pop.
  • 08-0101-0171-1 Los Puentes - 94 pop.
  • 08-0101-0171-2 Loma Suarez Dispersa - 20 pop.
  • 08-0101-0171-3 Mangalito - 63 pop.
  • 08-0101-0171-4 Casarabe Dispersa - 108 pop.
  • 08-0101-0171-6 Trinidad Disperso - 340 pop.

Individual evidence

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo

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