Municipio Cotoca

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Municipio Cotoca
Location of the municipality of Cotoca in the province of Andrés Ibáñez
Location of the municipality of Cotoca in the province of Andrés Ibáñez
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		45,519 inhabitants (2012 census)
73 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07-0102
Telephone code (+591)
surface 621 km²
height 340  m
Coordinates 17 ° 45 ′  S , 62 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 45 ′  S , 62 ° 50 ′  W
Municipio Cotoca (Bolivia)
Municipio Cotoca
Municipio Cotoca
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Andrés Ibáñez Province
Central place Cotoca
climate
Climate diagram Santa Cruz
Climate diagram Santa Cruz

The municipality of Cotoca is a district in the Santa Cruz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Cotoca is one of five municipalities in the Andrés Ibáñez province . It is surrounded in the north, west and south by the municipality of Santa Cruz and borders on the province of Chiquitos in the east . The central place is Cotoca in the western part of the district with 19,482 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Cotoca is located east of the Cordillera Oriental in the Bolivian lowlands on the west bank of the Río Grande (Guapay) . The region's climate is tropical and humid almost all year round, with a short dry season from July to August with monthly values ​​of only 30 to 40 mm and maximum values ​​of 130 to 160 mm from December to February.

The temperature change in the course of the year is very balanced, the mean annual temperature is 24 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 20 ° C in June / July and a good 26 ° C from October to December (see climate diagram Santa Cruz).

population

The population of the Municipio Cotoca has more than doubled in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 21 252 census
2001 36 425 census
2012 45 519 census

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 73.3 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.6 years. The literacy rate among those over 15 was 90.6 percent in 2001.

Due to the historical immigration of agricultural populations in the 20th century, the region has a not insignificant proportion of indigenous population: In the municipality of Cotoca, 17.8 percent of the inhabitants speak the Quechua language .

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 TILUCHI SOL ASIP FA
22,059   19,265 16,528   5,623 3,533 3.149 3,067 703 453
  100% 85.8%   34.0% 21.4% 19.1% 18.6% 4.3% 2.7%

structure

In the 2012 census, the municipality was divided into the following two cantons :

Localities in the municipality of Cotoca

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ INE social data Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 4.99 MB)
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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