Municipio Charagua

Municipio Charagua
Basic data
Population (state) ; - population density	32,164 inhabitants (2012 census) ; 0 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	07-0702
Telephone code	(+591)
surface	71,745 km²
height	350 m
Coordinates	18 ° 45 ′ S , 61 ° 0 ′ W Coordinates: 18 ° 45 ′ S , 61 ° 0 ′ W
	Municipio Charagua
	Municipio Charagua
politics
Department	Santa Cruz
province	Cordillera Province
Central place	Charagua
climate
	; Climate diagram Charagua

The Municipio Charagua is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . Charagua is known for its cheese production, which is operated by a Mennonite colony.

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Charagua is one of seven Municipios of the Cordillera Province and comprises the central and eastern areas of the province. It is bordered on the northwest by the municipality of Cabezas , to the west by the municipality of Gutiérrez , on the southwest by the municipality of Camiri and the municipality Boyuibe , on the south by Chuquisaca , in the southeast of the Republic of Paraguay , on the east by the province of Germán Busch , and in the north to the province of Chiquitos .

The municipality extends between about 17 ° 36 'and 20 ° 28' south latitude and 58 ° 00 'and 63 ° 26' west longitude, it has a size comparable to the Republic of Austria, its extension from west to east is up to 625 kilometers and from north to south up to 350 kilometers.

The municipality comprises 240 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the city of Charagua with 3,496 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the western edge of the district.

geography

The Municipio Charagua is located in the Bolivian lowlands east of the foothills of the southern Cordillera Central and is part of the Gran Chaco region . The climate is subtropical and semi-humid , the temperatures fluctuate only to a limited extent during the day and during the year. The municipality is traversed from southwest to southeast by the Río Parapetí , which seeps into the wetland of the Bañados de Izozog .

The annual average temperature in the municipality is 22 ° C, with monthly average temperatures between 17 ° C in June and July and 25 ° C from November to January (see climate diagram). The annual precipitation is about 700 mm, the dry season from May to October contrasts with a pronounced humidity period from December to March, in which the average monthly values can reach 130 to 140 mm.

population

The population of the Municipio Charagua has increased by more than two thirds in the past two decades:

year	Residents	source
1992	18 769	census
2001	24 427	census
2012	32 164	census

The population density of the sparsely populated municipality was 0.4 inhabitants / km² in the last census in 2012, the literacy rate among those over 15 years of age had increased from 79.8 percent (1992) to 89.1 percent (2001). The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.9 years, the infant mortality had fallen from 8.6 percent (1992) to 7.2 percent in 2001.

72.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 48.8 percent speak Guaraní , 2.2 percent Quechua , 0.5 percent Aymara , and 14.6 percent speak foreign mother tongues. (2001) . The high proportion of foreigners is mainly due to the Mennonite colony of Pinondi, which farms and produces cheese in Charagua . They have retained their Low German dialect and live largely autonomously. Many of them don't speak Spanish, especially women.

75.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 40.7 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

52.5 percent of 4,062 households have a radio, 15.2 percent a television, 34.0 percent a bicycle, 2.2 percent a motorcycle, 5.4 percent a car, 23.5 percent a refrigerator, and 1.8 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:

Eligible voters		be right	valid		VERDES	MAS -IPSP	APG-CH-N
8,243		7,250	5,658		2,298	1,887	1,473
		100%	78.0%		40.6%	33.4%	26.0%

In January 2017, the first autonomous indigenous government of Bolivia was set up in Charagua , according to Vice President Álvaro García Linera "the first of its kind in the whole world".

It is made up of legislative and executive powers, and a mechanism of collective decision-making (Ñemboati Reta), which is supposed to serve as social control. The incumbents are elected every three to five years through various consultations, assemblies, and based on the practices and customs of the Guaraní .

The new form of government is financed by taxes from the Guaraní in the region, by funds from the Institute for Human Development (IDH) and state funding programs.

structure

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

07-0702-01 Canton Charagua - 158 municipalities - 20,833 inhabitants ( 2001: 7,009 inhabitants )
07-0702-02 Canton Saipuru - 12 municipalities - 1,653 inhabitants ( 2001: 2,757 inhabitants )
07-0702-03 Canton of Izozog - 52 municipalities - 8,366 inhabitants ( 2001: 11,916 inhabitants )
07-0702-04 Canton Parapeti Grande - 18 municipalities - 1,312 inhabitants ( 2001: 2,745 inhabitants )