Municipio El Torno
| Municipio El Torno | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
49,652 inhabitants (2012 census) 52 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-0105 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 948 km² | ||
| height | 650 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 3 ′ S , 63 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| Central place | El Torno | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram La Angostura |
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The Municipio El Torno is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio El Torno is one of five Municipios in the Andrés Ibáñez Province . It borders the Municipio Porongo in the northeast, the Municipio La Guardia in the east, the Province of Florida in the southwest , and the Province of Ichilo in the northwest . The central place is El Torno in the northeastern part of the district with 17,130 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of El Torno is located east of the Cordillera Oriental on the edge of the Bolivian lowlands and is traversed by the Río Piraí . The region has a semi- humid, humid tropical climate with low day and night fluctuations in temperatures.
The annual precipitation in the region is around 1000 mm, the annual average temperature 24 ° C (see climate diagram La Angostura). A dry season from June to September with monthly precipitation of only 20 to 40 mm is opposed to an extended humidity period , in which from November to February the monthly values are between 125 and 160 mm. The monthly average temperatures vary between 20 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from November to February.
population
The population of the Municipio El Torno has more than doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 23 320 | census |
| 2001 | 37 961 | census |
| 2012 | 49 652 | census |
The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 52.4 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 62.3 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.1 years, the literacy rate for those over 15 was 83.2 percent.
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 El Torno, 27.7 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:
| electoral legitimate |
electoral participation |
valid votes | MAS-IPSP | VOCES | VERDAD | FA | UCS | ||
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| 24.002 | 20,755 | 16,674 | 7,702 | 5,140 | 2,057 | 912 | 863 | ||
| 86.5% | 80.3% | 46.2% | 30.8% | 12.3% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the census of 2012 in the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- 07-0105-01 Canton El Torno - 70 villages - 37,811 inhabitants
- 07-0105-02 Canton Jorochito - 8 localities - 3,680 inhabitants
- 07-0105-03 Canton of La Angostura - 9 towns - 3,190 inhabitants
- 07-0105-04 Canton Limoncito - 3 localities - 4,971 inhabitants
Localities
- Canton of El Torno
- El Torno pop 17,130 - Puerto Rico pop 4219 - Santa Rita pop 3377 - La Angostura pop 1809 - Santa Martha pop 1738 - El Torno-Puerto Rico pop 869 - Espejos pop 526
- Canton of Jorochito
- Jorochito 3259 pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ INE social data Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 4.99 MB)
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio El Torno - General Maps No. 70105
- Municipio El Torno - detailed map and population data (PDF; 701 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )