Municipio Caraparí
| Municipio Caraparí | |||
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15,366 inhabitants (2012 census) 6 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 06-0302 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 2,743 km² | ||
| height | 1000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 50 ′ S , 63 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Tarija | ||
| province | Gran Chaco Province | ||
| Central place | Caraparí | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Yacuiba |
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The Municipio Carapari is a district in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Caraparí is the western of the three municipalities of the Gran Chaco province . It is bordered to the northwest by the municipality of Villamontes , to the west by the province of Burnet O'Connor , to the southwest by the province of Aniceto Arce , to the southeast by the Republic of Argentina , and to the east by the municipality of Yacuiba . - The administrative seat of the municipality is the small town of Caraparí .
The central place of the municipality is the city of Caraparí with 3,549 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the eastern half of the district.
geography
The municipality of Caraparí is located on the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andean Cordillera in the Cordillera Suaruru .
Caraparí has a warm-temperate climate with a pronounced rainy season from December to March with consistently high temperatures (see climate diagram Yacuiba), and a dry season in the southern winter from June to September with warm daytime and cool nighttime temperatures.
population
The population of the Municipio Caraparí has doubled over the past two decades:
- 1992 : 7,816 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 9,035 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 15,366 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality in the last census of 2012 was 5.6 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 23.1 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 65.9 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 79 percent, 87 percent for men and 67 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 | PAN | PRP | CC | PUC | ||
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| 6,017 | 5,286 | 4,342 | 1.313 | 1,276 | 971 | 494 | 288 | ||
| 100% | 82.1% | 30.2% | 29.4% | 22.4% | 11.4% | 6.6% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following cantons ( cantones ):
- 06-0302-01 Canton Caraparí - 34 villages - 9,182 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
- 06-0302-02 Itaú canton - 32 towns - 3,224 inhabitants
- 06-0302-03 Canton Saladillo - 15 villages - 2,311 inhabitants
- 06-0302-04 Canton Zapatero - 10 villages - 649 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Caraparí
- Caraparí Canton
- Caraparí 3549 pop - Loma Alta 910 pop - San Alberto 672 pop - Campo Largo 341 pop.
- Saladillo Canton
- Saladillo 390 pop.
- Zapatero Canton
- Acheral 124 pop.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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
- Plan Estrategico de Desarrollo Comunal Carapari 2005 (PDF) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caraparí - General Maps No. 60302
- Municipio Caraparí - detailed map and population data (PDF; 638 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Tarija - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 3.05 MB) ( Spanish )