Municipio Macharetí

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Municipio Macharetí
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		7062 pop. (2012 census)
1 pop / km²
Post Code 01-1003
Telephone code (+591)
surface 7,668 km²
height 700  m
Coordinates 20 ° 45 ′  S , 63 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 45 ′  S , 63 ° 0 ′  W
Municipio Macharetí (Bolivia)
Municipio Macharetí
Municipio Macharetí
politics

Department Chuquisaca
province Luis Calvo Province
Central place Macharetí
climate
Climate diagram Villamontes
Climate diagram Villamontes

The municipality Macharetí is a district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Macharetí is one of three municipalities in the province of Luis Calvo and includes its eastern area. It is bordered by the Santa Cruz Department in the north, the Huacaya Municipality in the west, the Tarija Department in the south , and the Republic of Paraguay in the east .

The municipality extends roughly between 20 ° 22 'and 21 ° 00' south latitude and 62 ° 13 'and 63 ° 33' west longitude, its extent from west to east is 135 kilometers, from north to south 65 kilometers.

The municipality comprises 72 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village Macharetí with 1,823 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the western part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Macharetí is located in the humid tropics on the northern edge of the Bolivian Chaco east of the north-south running Voranden chain of the Serranía Aguaragüe .

The annual average temperature of the region is 25 ° C, the monthly values ​​fluctuate between almost 20 ° C in June and July and 29 ° C in December and January. The climate is semi-humid and has a clear dry season from May to September, the annual precipitation is less than 700 mm, from December to March monthly values ​​of 100 to 140 mm are reached.

population

The municipality's population has increased by around a third in the past two decades, but has declined slightly over the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 5,654 census
2001 7 386 census
2012 7 062 census

The population density at the last census of 2012 was 1.0 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age was 70.9 percent in 2001. The life expectancy of the newborns was 69.1 years, the infant mortality had decreased from 7.6 percent (1992) to 4.3 percent in 2001.

98.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 19.2 percent speak Guarani , and 2.2 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

77.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 44.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

73.8 percent of 1,503 households have a radio, 18.4 percent a television, 35.3 percent a bicycle, 5.1 percent a motorcycle, 12.4 percent a car, 16.3 percent a refrigerator, and 0.6 percent Percent a 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 CST LIDER MSM
2,954   2,563 2,105   1,217 721 156 11
  86.8% 82.1%   57.8% 34.3% 7.4% 0.5%

structure

The municipality Macharetí was subdivided in the census of 2012 in the following six cantons ( cantones ):

  • 01-1003-01 Canton Macharetí - 30 municipalities - 2,668 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,499 inhabitants )
  • 01-1003-02 Canton Ñancorainza - 9 municipalities - 561 inhabitants ( 2001: 613 inhabitants )
  • 01-1003-03 Canton of Ivo - 7 municipalities - 775 inhabitants ( 2001: 968 inhabitants )
  • 01-1003-04 Canton Camatindi - 2 municipalities - 333 inhabitants ( 2001: 662 inhabitants )
  • 01-1003-05 Canton Carandayti - 15 municipalities - 1,549 inhabitants ( 2001: 2,356 inhabitants )
  • 01-1003-06 Canton Tiguipa - 5 municipalities - 1,176 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,208 inhabitants )

Localities in the municipality of Macharetí

  • Canton of Ivo

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 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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