Municipio Mairana
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 Aerial view of Mairana |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
10,177 inhabitants (2012 census) 15 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-0903 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 662 km² | ||
| height | 1650 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 7 ′ S , 63 ° 58 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Florida Province | ||
| Central place | Mairana | ||
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 Mairana climate diagram |
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The Municipio Mairana is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Mairana is one of four Municipios of the Province of Florida and comprises the central areas of the province. It borders the Ichilo Province to the north, the Municipio Pampa Grande to the west , and the Municipio Samaipata to the east .
The municipality extends between about 17 ° 46 'and 18 ° 11' south latitude and 63 ° 52 'and 64 ° 08' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 20 kilometers and from north to south up to 40 kilometers .
The municipality comprises 25 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the city of Mairana with 6,756 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southern part of the district.
geography
The Municipio Mairana is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate in the protected valleys is mild and balanced all year round, not as hot and humid as in the nearby lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is 21 ° C (see Mairana climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 18 ° C in June / July and just under 23 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 750 mm, with a weak dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 110 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Mairana has increased by around a third in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 6,340 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 7,747 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 10,177 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the district in the last census of 2010 was 15.4 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among the over 15-year-olds had increased from 85.5 percent (1992) to 89.3 percent. The life expectancy of newborns was 67.1 years, the infant mortality had increased slightly from 4.9 percent (1992) to 5.0 percent in 2001.
94.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 24.3 percent speak Quechua , and 1.3 percent speak Aymara . (2001)
38.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 32.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
76.8 percent of 1,959 households have a radio, 54.3 percent a television, 59.0 percent a bicycle, 17.8 percent a motorcycle, 15.3 percent a car, 21.3 percent a refrigerator, and 8.2 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 | TODOS | VERDES | MSM | ||
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| 4,855 | 4,277 | 3,175 | 1,274 | 756 | 710 | 435 | ||
| 88.1% | 74.2% | 40.1% | 23.8% | 22.4% | 13.7% |
structure
The Municipio Mairana consists of only one canton, which is subdivided into the following eighteen sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Comunidad Alto Mairana - 1 municipality - 247 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Vicecantón Comunidad Bella Vista - 1 municipality - 110 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad La Yunga - 1 municipality - 155 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Posuelo - 2 parishes - 443 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Río Nuevo - 1 municipality - 98 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Tres Quebradas - 1 municipality - 174 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Venadillo - 2 parishes - 266 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Villa Copacabana - 1 municipality - 100 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Villa Eccehomo - 1 municipality - 126 inhabitants
- Vicecantón La Tuna - 1 municipality - 254 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Mairana - 3 parishes - 4,036 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Mendiola - 1 municipality - 343 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Piedra Meza - 2 parishes - 108 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Sivingal - 1 municipality - 164 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Todos Santos - 1 municipality - 82 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Yerba Buena Militar - 3 parishes - 909 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Rafael - 1 municipality - 61 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad La Piedra - 1 municipality - 71 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Mairana - General Maps No. 70903
- Municipio Mairana - detailed map and population data (PDF; 724 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )