Municipio Ixiamas

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Municipio Ixiamas
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		9362 inhabitants (2012 census)
0 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1501
Telephone code (+591)
surface 36,750 km²
height 250  m
Coordinates 13 ° 0 ′  S , 68 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 0 ′  S , 68 ° 0 ′  W
Municipio Ixiamas (Bolivia)
Municipio Ixiamas
Municipio Ixiamas
politics

Department La Paz
province Abel Iturralde Province
Central place Ixiamas
climate
Climate diagram Rurrenabaque
Climate diagram Rurrenabaque

The municipality Ixiamas is a district in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes -State Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Ixiamas is one of two municipalities in the province of Abel Iturralde and is located in the northern part of the province. It borders the Republic of Peru to the west, the province of Franz Tamayo to the south, the municipality of San Buenaventura to the southeast, the Beni department to the east , and the Pando department to the north .

The district comprises 94 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality and the only town of significant size is Ixiamas with 3,968 inhabitants in the southern part of the district (2012 census) .

geography

The municipality of Ixiamas is located on the western edge of the Moxos plain , with over 100,000 km² one of the largest wetlands on earth; the predominant form of vegetation in the Moxos plain is the tropical savannah . The climate in the Ixiamas region is tropical and hot and humid all year round, but it can also get relatively cool in winter due to the Surazo (cold wind from the south).

The annual precipitation is around 2,000 mm (see climate diagram Rurrenabaque), with monthly precipitation of around 300 mm in January and February, and less than 100 mm in the months of August and September. The monthly average temperatures are between 23 ° C and 28 ° C all year round.

population

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

year Residents source
1992 3 618 census
2001 5 625 census
2012 9 362 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.5 years, infant mortality fell from 8.1 percent (1992) to 6.7 percent (2001).

The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 87.0 percent, namely 90.6 percent for men and 81.7 percent for women (2001) .

97.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 8.1 percent speak Quechua , 7.7 percent Aymara , and 9.2 percent speak other indigenous languages. (2001)

97.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 69.8 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

52.7 percent of households own a radio, 13.3 percent a television, 41.8 percent a bicycle, 6.7 percent a motorcycle, 5.0 percent a car, 6.6 percent a refrigerator, 0.6 percent one 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 MAS-IPSP MSM U.N. MNR MPS FPV ASP
2,996   2,449 1.921   616 495 262 213 154 137 44
  81.7% 78.4%   32.1% 25.8% 13.6% 11.1% 8.0% 7.1% 2.3%

structure

The municipality, despite its great expansion due to the extremely low population density not in cantons ( cantones subdivided).

Localities in the municipality of Ixiamas

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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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