Municipio La Guardia
| Municipio La Guardia | |||
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 Location of the municipality of La Guardia in the province of Andrés Ibáñez |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
89,080 inhabitants (2012 census) 91 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-0104 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 980 km² | ||
| height | 450 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 0 ′ S , 63 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Andrés Ibáñez Province | ||
| Central place | La Guardia | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Cruz |
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The Municipio La Guardia is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of La Guardia is one of five municipalities in the Andrés Ibáñez province . It borders in the northeast on the Municipio Santa Cruz , in the southeast and south on the province Cordillera , in the west on the Municipio El Torno and in the northwest on the Municipio Porongo . The central place is La Guardia in the northwestern part of the district with 76,123 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).
geography
The municipality of La Guardia is located east of the Cordillera Oriental on the edge of the Bolivian lowlands and is bounded to the northwest by the Río Piraí to the municipality of Porongo. The region has a semi- humid, humid tropical climate with low day and night fluctuations in temperatures.
The annual precipitation in the region is about 1000 mm, the annual average temperature is 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Cruz). A short dry season from July to August with monthly precipitation of only 30 to 40 mm contrasts with an extended period of humidity , in which from December to February the monthly values are between 135 and 160 mm. The monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 20 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from October to December.
population
The population of the municipality of La Guardia has increased fourfold in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 22 250 | census |
| 2001 | 39 552 | census |
| 2012 | 89 080 | census |
The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 90.9 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 90.3 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 65.8 years, the literacy rate for those over 15 was 89.4 percent.
Due to the historical immigration of agricultural populations in the 20th century, the region has a certain proportion of indigenous population: In the municipality of La Guardia, 17.1 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 | VOCES | MAS-IPSP | FA | ||
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| 32,375 | 27,815 | 23,510 | 13,776 | 8,316 | 1,418 | ||
| 85.9% | 84.5% | 58.6% | 35.4% | 6.0% |
structure
The municipality of La Guardia was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following five cantons ( cantones ):
- 07-0104-01 Canton La Guardia - 18 villages - 80,401 inhabitants
- 07-0104-02 Canton El Carmen - 3 villages - 559 inhabitants
- 07-0104-04 Canton Pedro Lorenzo - 1 village - 2,041 inhabitants
- 07-0104-05 Canton Peji - 14 towns - 3,828 inhabitants
- 07-0104-06 Canton of San José - 1 village - 2,251 inhabitants
Localities
- Canton of La Guardia
- La Guardia Pop. 76,123 - Swifft Current Pop. 1,155 .
- Canton of El Carmen
- Balcon 2 524 pop.
- Pedro Lorenzo Canton
- Pedro Lorenzo 2041 pop.
- Canton of San José
- San José 2251 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 La Guardia - General Maps No. 70104
- Municipio La Guardia - detailed map and population data (PDF; 756 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )