Municipio Loreto (Bolivia)
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| Population (state) - population density |
3828 population (2012 census) 1 population / km² |
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| Post Code | 08-0601 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 6,751 km² | ||
| height | 170 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 28 ′ S , 64 ° 54 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Marbán Province | ||
| Central place | Loreto | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Trinidad |
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The municipality of Loreto is a district in the Beni department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Loreto is one of two municipalities in the province of Marbán and is located in the western part of the province. It borders the province of Moxos to the west, the department of Cochabamba to the south, the municipality of San Andrés to the east , and the province of Cercado to the north .
The administrative seat of the province is Loreto with 128 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northern part of the municipality.
geography
Loreto is located in the Bolivian lowlands in the river plain of the Río Mamoré and has a tropical hot and humid climate all year round .
The annual average temperature is 26 ° C, with the monthly average temperatures between June / July at a good 23 ° C and October / December at just under 28 ° C (see climate diagram Trinidad ). The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm and is therefore more than twice as high as the precipitation in Central Europe. Maximum values of around 300 mm in the months of December to February contrast with low values of around 50 mm in July / August.
population
The population of the Municipio Loreto has increased only marginally in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 3,679 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 3,859 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 3,828 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 0.6 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 60.5 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 80.0 percent, namely 84.9 percent for men and 73.4 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 | MNR -PUEBLO | NACER | PUEBLO | ||
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| 1,636 | 1,138 | 991 | 378 | 288 | 173 | 152 | ||
| 69.6% | 87.1% | 38.1% | 29.1% | 17.5% | 15.3% |
structure
The municipality is divided into four cantons ( cantones ):
- 08-0601-01 Canton of Loreto - 15 towns - 1,790 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1,407 inhabitants)
- 08-0601-02 Canton Limoquije - 9 villages - 943 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1,096 inhabitants)
- 08-0601-03 Canton Sachojere - 8 villages - 317 inhabitants ( 2001 : 555 inhabitants)
- 08-0601-04 Canton San Antonio - 66 towns - 778 inhabitants ( 2001 : 801 inhabitants)
Localities in the municipality of Loreto
- Canton of Loreto
- Loreto 128 pop.
- Limoquije Canton
- Gundonovia 304 pop .
- Sachojere Canton
- Sachojere pop. 147
- Canton of San Antonio
- Villa Carmen del Remanzo 155 pop .
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Loreto - General Maps No. 80601
- Municipio Loreto - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.35 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Beni - Social data of the provinces and municipalities (PDF; 3.82 MB) ( Spanish )