Municipio Esmeralda

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Municipio Esmeralda
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		2702 inhabitants (2012 census)
5 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 04-0505
Telephone code (+591)
surface 580 km²
height 3700  m
Coordinates 19 ° 0 ′  S , 68 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 0 ′  S , 68 ° 5 ′  W
Municipio Esmeralda (Bolivia)
Municipio Esmeralda
Municipio Esmeralda
politics

Department Oruro
province Litoral Province
Central place Esmeralda
climate
Climate diagram Sabaya
Climate diagram Sabaya

The municipality Esmeralda is a district in the Oruro department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Esmeralda is the southernmost of the five municipalities in the Litoral Province . It borders the Municipio Huachacalla in the north, the Municipio Yunguyo del Litoral in the west, the Province Sabaya in the south, the Province Sud Carangas in the southeast , and the Municipio Escara in the northeast . The Río Sabaya flows through the district from north to south , before reaching the Salar de Coipasa salt lake a few kilometers further south .

The central place of the municipality is the village Esmeralda with 231 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northwest corner of the district.

geography

The municipality Esmeralda is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.

The climate is semi-arid and has a short rainy season in summer, the annual precipitation is low 200 mm (see climate diagram Sabaya). The annual average temperature is almost 7 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .

The vegetation in the Esmeralda area corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .

population

The population of the Municipio Esmeralda has increased several times over in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 376 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 952 inhabitants (census)
  • 2010 : 2,702 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 4.6 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 59.9 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 90 percent, 97 percent for men and 83 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
494   434 270   270
  87.9% 62.2%   100.0%

structure

The municipality is divided into the following four cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Esmeralda
  • Belén Canton

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 16, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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