Municipio Lagunillas (Santa Cruz)

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Municipio Lagunillas
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		5366 inhabitants (2012 census)
5 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07-0701
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,149 km²
height 1000  m
Coordinates 19 ° 45 ′  S , 63 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 19 ° 45 ′  S , 63 ° 35 ′  W
Municipio Lagunillas (Bolivia)
Municipio Lagunillas
Municipio Lagunillas
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Cordillera Province
Central place Lagunillas
climate
Climate diagram Camiri
Climate diagram Camiri

The Municipio Lagunillas is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Lagunillas is one of seven municipalities in the Cordillera province and includes its western area. It borders on the Chuquisaca Department to the west , the Municipio Municipio Camiri to the southeast , and the Municipio Gutiérrez to the east and north .

The municipality stretches between about 19 ° 19 'and 20 ° 15' south latitude and 63 ° 28 'and 63 ° 45' west longitude, its extent from west to east is up to 30 kilometers, from north to south up to 110 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 40 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Lagunillas with 1,002 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the western edge of the district.

geography

The Municipio Lagunillas is located on the western edge of the Bolivian lowlands between the foothills of the southeastern Cordillera Central . The climate is subtropical and semi-humid, the temperatures fluctuate only to a limited extent during the day and the year.

The annual average temperature is 23 ° C, with monthly average temperatures between 17 and 18 ° C from June to July and over 26 ° C from November to December (see Camiri climate diagram). The annual precipitation is almost 900 mm, the dry season from May to October contrasts with a pronounced wet season from November to April, in which the average monthly values ​​reach 175 mm.

population

The population of the Municipio Lagunilla has increased by around 40 percent over the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 4,250 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 5,283 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 5,366 inhabitants (census)

The population density in the last census of 2012 was 4.7 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 15 years of age had increased from 73.4 percent (1992) to 79.9 percent. The life expectancy of newborns was 59.9 years, the infant mortality had increased slightly from 7.3 percent (1992) to 8.0 percent in 2001.

88.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 52.8 percent speak Guarani , 2.2 percent speak Quechua , and 0.2 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

79.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 58.9 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

63.7 percent of 1,000 households own a radio, 18.0 percent a television, 21.5 percent a bicycle, 1.8 percent a motorcycle, 10.0 percent a car, 8.5 percent a refrigerator, and 0 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 VERDES MSM ARAYEKOU UCS
2,230   2.015 1,786   579 418 355 330 104
  90.4% 88.6%   32.4% 23.4% 19.9% 18.5% 5.8%

structure

The municipality Lagunillas consists of the following two Canton ( cantones ):

  • Cantón Lagunillas - 11 Vicecantones - 20 municipalities - 2,934 inhabitants ( 2001 )
  • Cantón Aquio (Ipatí) - 10 vicecantones - 20 municipalities - 2,349 inhabitants (central place: Ipatí )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones (PDF; 1.59 MB)
  2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  4. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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