Municipio Bolívar

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Municipio Bolívar
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		7,279 inhabitants (2012 census)
10 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 03-1501
Telephone code (+591)
surface 701 km²
height 4000  m
Coordinates 18 ° 0 ′  S , 66 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 0 ′  S , 66 ° 36 ′  W
Municipio Bolívar (Bolivia)
Municipio Bolívar
Municipio Bolívar
politics

Department Cochabamba
province Bolívar
Central place Bolívar
climate
Climate diagram Sacaca
Climate diagram Sacaca

The Municipio Bolívar is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Bolívar is the only municipality in the province of Bolívar . It is bordered by the Oruro department to the west, the Potosí department to the south and southeast , and the Arque province to the north .

The central place and largest settlement in the municipality is Bolívar with 484 inhabitants in the eastern part of the district. ( 2012 census )

geography

The Municipio Bolívar is located east of the Bolivian Altiplano in the northern part of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the seasonal fluctuations.

The annual precipitation is about 550 mm (see climate diagram Sacaca), with a distinct dry season from April to October with less than 20 mm monthly precipitation, and a short wet season in January and February with precipitation well over 100 mm. The mean average temperature of the region is 9.5 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 5 ° C in June / July and 12 ° C in November / December.

population

The population of the Municipio Bolívar has changed little in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 7,081 census
2001 8,635 census
2012 7,279 census

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 10.4 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 0 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 48.7 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 60.2 percent, namely 81.7 percent for men and 39.9 percent for women (2001) .

politics

Results of the elections to the municipal council ( concejales ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:

Eligible voters   be right valid   MAS -IPSP POKUY
3,794   3,338 2,419   1,726 693
  100% 72.5%   71.4% 28.6%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following nine cantons ( cantones ):

  • 03-1501-01 Bolívar canton - 11 towns - 1,576 inhabitants ( 2001: 3,437 inhabitants )
  • 03-1501-02 Canton Carpani - 22 villages - 852 inhabitants ( 2001: 620 inhabitants )
  • 03-1501-03 Canton Comuna - 2 villages - 220 inhabitants ( 2001: 954 inhabitants )
  • 03-1501-04 Canton Coyuna - 8 towns - 507 inhabitants ( 2001: 60 inhabitants )
  • 03-1501-05 Canton Challoma - 6 towns - 399 inhabitants ( 2001: 242 inhabitants )
  • 03-1501-06 Canton Jorenko - 6 villages - 491 inhabitants ( 2001: 665 inhabitants )
  • 03-1501-07 Canton Vilacayma - 17 towns - 832 inhabitants ( 2001: 541 inhabitants )
  • 03-1501-08 Canton Villa Victoria - 9 towns - 983 inhabitants ( 2001: 904 inhabitants )
  • 03-1501-09 Canton Yarbicoya - 13 villages - 1,419 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,181 inhabitants )

Localities in the municipality of Bolívar

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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