Municipio Camiri

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Municipio Camiri
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		33,838 inhabitants (2012 census)
34 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07-0706
Telephone code (+591)
surface 989 km²
height 950  m
Coordinates 19 ° 55 ′  S , 63 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 55 ′  S , 63 ° 25 ′  W
Municipio Camiri (Bolivia)
Municipio Camiri
Municipio Camiri
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Cordillera Province
Central place Camiri
climate
Climate diagram Camiri
Climate diagram Camiri

The Municipio Camiri is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Camiri is one of seven Municipios of the Cordillera Province and covers an area in the south-western part of the province. It is bordered to the west by the municipality of Lagunillas , on the southwest by the Chuquisaca , on the south by the municipality of Cuevo , on the east by the municipality of Charagua , and the north by the municipality of Gutiérrez .

The municipality extends between about 19 ° 48 'and 20 ° 14' south latitude and 63 ° 11 'and 63 ° 40' west longitude, its expansion from west to east and from north to south is up to 45 kilometers each.

The municipality comprises 22 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Camiri with 28,855 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the central part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Camiri is located on the western edge of the Bolivian lowlands between the foothills of the southeastern Cordillera Central . The climate is subtropical and semi-humid , the temperatures fluctuate only to a limited extent during the day and during the year.

The annual average temperature is around 23 ° C, with monthly average temperatures between 17 ° C in June and over 26 ° C in November and December (see climate diagram). The annual precipitation is almost 900 mm, the dry season from May to October contrasts with a pronounced humidity period from November to April, in which the average maximum values ​​reach 170 to 180 mm per month.

population

The population of the Municipio Camiri has decreased by about ten percent over the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 32,092 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 30,897 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 33,838 inhabitants (census)

The population density at the last census of 2012 was 31 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 15 years of age had increased from 89.6 percent (1992) to 90.9 percent. The life expectancy of the newborns was 68.4 years, the infant mortality had fallen from 6.8 percent (1992) to 4.5 percent in 2001.

96.8 percent of the population speak Spanish , 13.0 percent speak Guarani , 6.3 percent speak Quechua , and 0.7 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

19.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 13.5 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

82.3 percent of the 6,488 households have a radio, 76.0 percent a television, 34.8 percent a bicycle, 5.1 percent a motorcycle, 21.5 percent a car, 55.3 percent a refrigerator, and 24.9 percent Percent a phone. (2001)

politics

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

Eligible voters   be right valid   VERDES MAS -IPSP FA MSM XCAMIRI
18,221   15,606 13,365   7.005 3,741 1,264 894 461
  100% 85.6%   52.4% 28.0% 9.5% 6.7% 3.4%

structure

The municipality of Camiri is divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón Camiri - 5 Vicecantones - 7 municipalities - 27,251 inhabitants ( 2001 )
  • Cantón Choreti - 12 Vicecantones - 15 municipalities - 3,646 inhabitants

Localities in the municipality

  • Camiri Canton
  • Canton of Choreti

Individual evidence

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

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