Municipio Montero
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| Population (state) - population density |
109,518 inhabitants (2012 census) 391 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 280 km² | ||
| height | 300 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 20 ′ S , 63 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Obispo Santistevan Province | ||
| Central place | Montero | ||
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 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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The municipality of Montero is a district in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Montero is one of five municipalities in the province of Obispo Santistevan . It is bordered to the north by the Municipio General Saavedra , to the west and south-west by the province of Sara , and to the south-east and east by the province of Ignacio Warnes . It extends from west to east for up to 25 kilometers and from north to south for up to 20 kilometers.
The central place of the municipality is the city of Montero with 107,294 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the center of the municipality.
geography
The municipality of Montero is located in the tropical humid climate in front of the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region was covered by subtropical rainforest before colonization , but is now mostly cultivated land .
The mean average temperature of the region is almost 25 ° C (see Santa Cruz climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between 20 ° C in July and 28 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is about 1300 mm, the monthly precipitation is productive and lies between 40 mm in August and 200 mm in January.
population
The population of the municipality of Montero has increased by around two thirds in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 58,569 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 80,341 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 109,518 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 391 inhabitants / km².
The infant mortality rate was 5.1 percent ( 1992 declined) to 4.5 percent in 2001, the literacy rate among the over six-year-olds of 89.2 percent ( in 1992 rose) to 92.9 percent.
98.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 20.3 percent speak Quechua , 1.1 percent Aymara , and 0.6 percent Guaraní .
11.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 8.5 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )
74.2 percent of the 16,216 households have a radio, 77.8 percent a television, 45.2 percent a bicycle, 13.2 percent a motorcycle, 17.3 percent a car, 49.8 percent a refrigerator, and 30.5 percent Percent a phone. ( 2001 )
politics
Results of the elections for the municipal council ( concejales del municipio ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:
| electoral legitimate |
electoral participation |
valid votes | MAS-IPSP | FA | ASC | MSM | ||
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| 54,606 | 46,763 | 39,229 | 14,742 | 13,546 | 7,845 | 3,096 | ||
| 85.6% | 87.7% | 37.6% | 34.5% | 20.0% | 7.9% |
structure
The municipality of Montero is not further divided into cantons (cantones), it is divided into the following sub- cantons (vicecantones):
- Montero - 1 village - 78.294 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Comunidad El Torno - 10 towns - 885 inhabitants
- Comunidad Villa Copacabana - 5 villages - 266 inhabitants
- Villa Copacabana - 1 village - 255 inhabitants
- Comunidad El Cupesi - 3 localities - 364 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Montero - General Maps No. 71001
- Municipio Montero - detailed map and population data (PDF; 555 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.12 MB) ( Spanish )