Canton of Villa Rosario
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| Residents (state) | 117 pop (2001) | ||
| height | 3700 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 6 ′ S , 68 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sabaya Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Sabaya | ||
| Central place | Villa Rosario | ||
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The canton of Villa Rosario is a municipality in the Oruro department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton ( Bolivian : Cantón) Villa Rosario is one of seventeen cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Sabaya in the province of Sabaya . It borders in the north on the canton Sabaya , in the west on the canton Cahuana , in the southwest on the canton Villa Vitalina , in the southeast on the municipality Chipaya , and in the northeast on the municipality Esmeralda in the province Litoral .
The canton extends between about 19 ° 01 'and 19 ° 15' south latitude and 68 ° 10 'and 68 ° 26' west longitude, it measures from north to south up to 25 km and from west to east also up to 25 km . In the western part of the canton is the central place of the canton, Villa Rosario , with 110 inhabitants ( 2001 census ). The mean altitude of the canton is 3700 m .
geography
The Canton Villa Rosario is located on the western edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and west through the foothills of the Cordillera Occidental limited to the south by the salt lake Salar de Coipasa . On the western edge of the canton is the Cerro Pariani , which reaches a height of just over 5000 m.
The climate of the region is semi-arid , the annual precipitation is only 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). From April to November there is a dry season with monthly values of less than 10 mm of precipitation, the wet season in summer is short and the rain is not very productive. The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the region corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
population
The number of inhabitants in the canton has remained almost unchanged between the last two censuses:
- 1992 : 110 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 117 inhabitants (census)
- 2010 : More recent data are not yet available
The population density of the Municipio Sabaya at the 2001 census was 1.3 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 54.9 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 94 percent, 98 percent for men and 89 percent for women (2001).
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the Municipio Sabaya 62.9% of the population speak the Aymara language .
structure
The Cantón Villa Rosario includes the following four localities ( localidades ):
- Villa Rosario - 110 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Huanuni - 3 residents
- Estancia Buen Retiro - 2 residents
- Estancia Nueva España - 2 residents
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Carola Dörrie, Soil and Vegetation in the Huachacalla Area (PDF; 22.9 MB)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE 1992)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE 2001)
- ↑ INE social data (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Municipio Sabaya - Politics, Population and Economy ( Spanish )
- Municipio Sabaya - General Maps No. 40901
- Municipio Sabaya - detailed map and population data (PDF; 807 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )