Municipio Cobija
| Municipio Cobija | |||
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 Bridge over the Río Acre to Brazil |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
46,267 inhabitants (2012 census) 115 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 09-0101 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 401 km² | ||
| height | 260 m | ||
| Coordinates | 11 ° 5 ′ S , 68 ° 54 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Pando | ||
| province | Nicolás Suarez Province | ||
| Central place | Cobija | ||
| mayor | Miguel Becerra Suarez (UN-MAR) | ||
 Location of the municipality in the department of Pando |
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| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Cobija |
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The Municipio Cobija is a district in the Pando Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Cobija is one of four Municipios of the Nicolás Suárez Province and includes its central northern area. It borders the Municipio Bolpebra to the west, the Municipio Porvenir to the south , and the Republic of Brazil to the east and north .
The municipality extends between about 10 ° 59 'and 11 ° 08' south latitude and 68 ° 47 'and 69 ° 00' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 25 kilometers and from north to south up to 15 kilometers .
The municipality comprises nineteen municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the city of Cobija with 42,849 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northeast corner of the district on the border river Río Acre opposite the Brazilian city of Brasiléia .
geography
The Municipio Cobija is located in the southwestern part of the Amazon basin and is characterized by a humid tropical climate.
The temperature fluctuations are low, both in the course of the day and in the course of the year, the annual average temperature is 25 ° C. The humidity is high, so that there is repeated heavy rain for much of the year . The annual precipitation of around 1750 mm is more than double the precipitation in Central Europe. Only the months of June to August are characterized by a dry season , in which the low rainfall evaporates quickly.
population
The population of the Municipio Cobija has increased fourfold in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 11,375 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 22,324 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 46,267 inhabitants (census)
The population density at the last census of 2012 was 115 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age had improved from 92.0 percent ( 1992 ) to 94.4 percent ( 2001 ). The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 66.9 years, and infant mortality had improved from 6.1 percent ( 1992 ) to 5.1 percent in 2001.
98.1 percent of the population speak Spanish , 5.0 percent speak Quechua, and 7.8 percent speak Aymara . ( 2001 )
24.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 11.2 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 ) 76.4 percent of the total of 4,923 households have a radio, 71.3 percent a television, 29.3 percent a bicycle, 31.8 percent a motorcycle, 14.4 percent a car, 45.4 percent a refrigerator, and 26.8 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 | MAS -IPSP | CP | MSM | ||
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| 25,074 | 21,114 | 16,977 | 8,276 | 8,160 | 541 | ||
| 100% | 80.4% | 48.7% | 48Sena, 1% | 3.2% |
structure
The municipality of Cobija is not in cantons ( cantones ) divided, but divided in the census 2012 in the following nineteen Subkantone ( vicecantones ):
- 09-0101-0100-1 Vicecantón Cobija - 42,849 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0100-2 Vicecantón Avaroa - 295 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0100-3 Vicecantón Bella Vista - 624 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0100-5 Vicecantón Nueva Esperanza - 139 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0100-8 Vicecantón Villa Fatima - 89 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-0 Vicecantón Alto Bahia - 111 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-1 Vicecantón Nuevo Triunfo - 134 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-2 Vicecantón Mejillones - 128 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-3 Vicecantón Villa Busch (Antofagasta) - 734 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-4 Vicecantón Villa Rosario (Barzola) - 120 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-5 Vicecantón 17 de Mayo - 134 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-6 Vicecantón Bajo Virtudes - 94 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-7 Vicecantón Sujal - 124 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-8 Vicecantón Ponton - 40 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0101-9 Vicecantón Marapani - 44 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0102-0 Vicecantón 6 de Agosto - 444 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0102-2 Vicecantón García Linera - 109 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0102-4 Vicecantón Belmonte - 4 inhabitants
- 09-0101-0102-5 Vicecantón Nueva Santa Cruz - 51 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Cobija
- Cobija 42,849 pop - Villa Busch 734 pop - Bella Vista 624 pop - 6 de Agosto 444 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
- Cobija region - topographic map 1: 100,000 (PDF; 5.64 MB)
- Municipio Puerto Rico - General Maps No. 90101
- Municipio Cobija - detailed map and population data (PDF; 229 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Pando - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 2.42 MB) ( Spanish )