Municipio El Choro
| Municipio El Choro | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
8723 inhabitants (2012 census) 7 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 04-0103 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,292 km² | ||
| height | 3700 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 18 ′ S , 67 ° 9 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Province of Cercado | ||
| Central place | El Choro | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Poopó |
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The municipality of El Choro is a district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of El Choro is one of three municipalities in the province of Cercado . It borders the Municipio Caracollo to the north, the Saucarí Province to the west, the Poopó Province to the southeast, the Pantaleón Dalence Province to the east , and the Oruro Municipio to the northeast .
The central place of the municipality is the village of El Choro with 185 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southern part of the district. The municipality had 114 localities at the last census, the largest village is Regantes Crucero Belén with 451 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality of El Choro is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the Cordillera Azanaques , which is part of the Cordillera Central mountain range . The climate is a typical time of day climate in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are greater than during the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 8 ° C (see climate diagram Poopó) and fluctuates between 3 ° C in June and July and 11 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is around 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and significant precipitation only from December to March with 50 to 90 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio El Choro has more than tripled in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 2,881 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 5,710 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 8,723 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2012 was 6.8 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 0 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 60.3 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 80 percent, 95 percent for men and 67 percent for women ( 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 | MAS-IPSP | MSM | UCS | U.N. | FPV | ||
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| 2,052 | 1,863 | 1,347 | 666 | 223 | 217 | 163 | 78 | ||
| 90.8% | 72.3% | 49.4% | 16.6% | 16.1% | 12.1% | 5.8% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- 04-0103-01 Canton El Choro - 66 localities - 5,211 inhabitants
- 04-0103-02 Canton Crucero Belén - 6 villages - 1,059 inhabitants
- 04-0103-03 Canton Challacollo - 39 towns - 2,340 inhabitants
- 04-0103-04 Canton of San Felipe de Chaitavi - 3 towns - 113 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of El Choro
- Canton of El Choro
- Regantes Cruzero Belén 451 pop - El Choro 185 pop - Rancho Grande 161 pop.
- Canton of Crucero Belén
- Crucero Belén 74 pop.
- Canton of Challacollo
- Challacollo 108 pop.
- Canton of San Felipe de Chaitavi
- San Felipe de Chaytavi 29 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
- Municipio El Choro - General Maps No. 40103
- Municipio El Choro - detailed map and population data (PDF; 422 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )