Municipio Caranavi
| Municipio Caranavi | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
48,513 inhabitants (2012 census) 20 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-2001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 2,414 km² | ||
| height | 1000 m | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Caranavi Province | ||
| Central place | Caranavi | ||
| climate | |||
 Caranavi climate diagram |
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The municipality of Caranavi is a district in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes -State Bolivia .
location
The municipality Caranavi was the only municipality in the province of Caranavi until 2009 and is located southwest of the upper reaches of the Río Beni . It is bordered to the northwest by Larecaja Province , to the southwest by Murillo Province , to the south by Nor Yungas Province , and to the east and northeast by Sud Yungas Province . In 2009, the municipality was divided into the municipality Caranavi in the south and the municipality Alto Beni in the north; the information in this article partly refers to the undivided municipality Caranavi before 2009.
Today's municipality extends between about 15 ° 20 'and 16 ° 03' south latitude and 67 ° 07 'and 67 ° 42' west longitude, it measures 75 kilometers from north to south and 55 kilometers from west to east.
The administrative seat of the municipality and the province is Caranavi with 13,569 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the western part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Caranavi is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian "Königskordillere" ( Cordillera Real ) in the transition area between the Andean Altiplano and the Bolivian lowlands. The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the mean temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.
The annual average temperature is 25.5 ° C and fluctuates only slightly over the course of the year between 23 ° C in June / July and 27 ° C in November / December. The annual precipitation reaches a height of almost 1500 mm, and apart from a short dry season in June / July the climate is humid all year round with monthly precipitation of over 200 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the Municipio Caranavi in today's borders has increased by about a tenth in the past two decades, but has decreased in the second half of the period:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 43 093 | census |
| 2001 | 51 153 | census |
| 2012 | 48 513 | census |
The life expectancy of newborns in Caranavi Province was 59.2 years in 2001, and infant mortality had risen from 7.1 percent (1992) to 7.7 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 90.1 percent, namely 94.2 percent for men and 85.1 percent for women. (2001)
92.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 57.8 percent speak Aymara , and 5.3 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
72.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 40.9 percent live without sanitary facilities . (2001)
75.8 percent of households have a radio, 16.9 percent a television, 19.0 percent a bicycle, 2.0 percent a motorcycle, 5.3 percent a car, 7.2 percent a refrigerator, 5.3 percent one Phone. (2001)
politics
Results of the elections to the municipal council ( concejales ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:
- Municipio Alto Beni
| Eligible voters | be right | valid | MAS -IPSP | U.N. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,678 | 4.012 | 3,019 | 1,604 | 1,415 | ||
| 100% | 75.2% | 53.1% | 46.9% |
- Municipio Caranavi
| Eligible voters | be right | valid | MAS-IPSP | MSM | MPS | ASP | U.N. | ||
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| 23,928 | 20,201 | 15,412 | 9,822 | 1,801 | 1,782 | 1,698 | 309 | ||
| 100% | 76.3% | 63.7% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 11.0% | 2.0% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the 2001 census in the following 22 cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Alcoche - 4 vicecantones ( sub-cantons ) with 6 municipalities and 1,374 inhabitants
- Cantón Alto Illimani - 11 vicecantones with 12 parishes and 1,247 inhabitants
- Cantón Belen - 5 vicecantones with 6 parishes and 346 inhabitants
- Cantón Calama - 7 vicecantones with 14 parishes and 1,774 inhabitants
- Cantón Caranavi - 15 vicecantones with 21 parishes and 14,374 inhabitants
- Cantón Carrasco - 8 vicecantones with 10 parishes and 725 inhabitants
- Cantón Carrasco La Reserva - 23 vicecantones with 27 parishes and 3,026 inhabitants
- Cantón Chojña - 20 vicecantones with 26 parishes and 1,075 inhabitants
- Cantón Choro - 8 vicecantones with 9 parishes and 677 inhabitants
- Cantón Eduardo Avaroa - 11 vicecantones with 16 parishes and 3,097 inhabitants
- Cantón Inicua Bajo - 3 vicecantones with 5 parishes and 547 inhabitants
- Cantón Incahuara de Ckullu Kuchu - 7 vicecantones with 7 parishes and 237 inhabitants
- Cantón Rosario Entre Ríos - 64 vicecantones with 95 parishes and 9,863 inhabitants
- Cantón San Pablo - 8 vicecantones with 9 parishes and 1,206 inhabitants
- Cantón Santa Ana de Alto Beni - 40 vicecantones with 51 parishes and 2,925 inhabitants
- Cantón Santa Ana de Caranavi - 8 vicecantones with 9 parishes and 838 inhabitants
- Cantón Santa Fe - 11 vicecantones with 11 parishes and 1,053 inhabitants
- Cantón Santa Rosa - 10 vicecantones with 15 parishes and 1,045 inhabitants
- Cantón Suapi de Alto Beni - 15 vicecantones with 16 parishes and 629 inhabitants
- Cantón Taypiplaya - 24 vicecantones with 39 parishes and 3,164 inhabitants
- Cantón Uyunense - 13 vicecantones with 16 parishes and 1,281 inhabitants
- Cantón Villa Elevacion - 8 vicecantones with 9 parishes and 650 inhabitants
- Caranavi 13,569 pop - Taypiplaya 1783 pop - Alcoche 878 pop - Colonia Bautista Saavedra 731 pop - Cruz Playa 562 pop - Santa Fe 344 pop - Choro 117 pop - Chojña 114 pop - San Pedro de Caranavi 33 pop .
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Relief map of the Palos Blancos region 1: 250: 000 (PDF; 8.2 MB)
- Municipio Caranavi - General Maps No. 22001
- Municipio Caranavi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.17 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )