Municipio Colpa Bélgica
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
6259 inhabitants (2010 update) 21 inhabitants / km² |
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| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 298 km² | ||
| height | 360 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 33 ′ S , 63 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Sara Province | ||
| Central place | La Bélgica | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Warnes |
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The Municipio Colpa Bélgica is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Colpa Bélgica is one of three administrative districts ( Bolivian : Municipios ) in the Province of Sara , it was founded by law in 2002 by splitting off the southern part of the Municipio Portachuelo. It borders the municipality of Portachuelo to the northwest, the province of Andrés Ibáñez to the south , and the province of Ignacio Warnes to the east . The municipality extends about 20 kilometers in both north-south and east-west directions.
The central place of the municipality is the town of La Bélgica with 4,575 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the eastern edge of the municipality on the left bank of the Río Piraí .
geography
The municipality of Colpa Bélgica is located in the tropical humid climate in front of the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region mainly comprises the floodplain landscapes between the Río Guendá and the Río Piraí, it was covered by subtropical rainforest before colonization , but today it is mostly open bush landscape and partly also developed as cultivated land .
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 24 ° C (see Warnes climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 20 ° C in June / July and 26 ° C from November to February. The annual precipitation is about 1300 mm, the monthly precipitation is productive and lies between 35 mm in August and 200 mm in January.
population
The population of the Municipio Colpa Bélgica has decreased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 7,692 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 6,273 inhabitants (census)
- 2005 : 6,464 inhabitants (update)
- 2010 : 6,259 inhabitants (update)
The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 21 inhabitants / km². The life expectancy of the newborns was 65.8 years, the infant mortality had increased from 4.5 percent ( 1992 ) to 5.9 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 6 years of age has risen from 87.0 percent ( 1992 ) to 93.0 percent. 98.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 5.9 percent speak Guarani , 3.4 percent speak Quechua , and 0.4 percent speak Aymara .
14.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 17.4 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )
75.1 percent of the 1,239 households have a radio, 75.6 percent a television, 38.5 percent a bicycle, 3.4 percent a motorcycle, 11.8 percent a car, 44.5 percent a refrigerator, and 21.7 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:
| electoral legitimate |
electoral participation |
valid votes | VERDES | TODOS | SOL | FA | MAS-IPSP | U | ASIP | ||
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| 2,819 | 2,526 | 2.144 | 479 | 441 | 406 | 263 | 248 | 185 | 122 | ||
| 89.6% | 84.9% | 22.3% | 20.6% | 18.9% | 12.3% | 11.6% | 8.6% | 5.7% |
structure
The municipality Colpa Bélgica is divided not into cantons ( cantones ), but consists of the following sub-cantons:
- Vicecantón Comunidad Cedro Camalotal - 4 municipalities - 421 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad El Cedro - 1 municipality - 258 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Tarope - 1 municipality - 31 inhabitants
- Vicecantón La Bélgica - 9 municipalities - 5,563 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (PDF; 196 kB)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Web links
- Municipio Colpa Bélgica - Information from the Gobierno Autónomo Departamental ( Spanish )
- Municipio Colpa Bélgica - General Maps No. 70603
- Municipio Colpa Bélgica - detailed map and population data (PDF; 622 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.1 MB) ( Spanish )