Municipio Monteagudo
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 Monteagudo panorama |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
24,118 inhabitants (2012 census) 7 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 01-0501 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 3,367 km² | ||
| height | 1400 m | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 2 ′ S , 64 ° 5 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Hernando Siles Province | ||
| Central place | Monteagudo | ||
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 Climate diagram Monteagudo |
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The municipality of Monteagudo is a district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Monteagudo is one of two municipalities in the province of Hernando Siles and includes its northern area. It borders the province of Tomina to the northwest , the province of Azurduy to the west, the province of Nor Cinti and the province of Sud Cinti to the southwest , the municipality of Huacareta to the south , and the province of Luis Calvo to the east .
The municipality extends approximately between 19 ° 28 'and 20 ° 32' south latitude and 63 ° 49 'and 64 ° 20' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 50 kilometers, from north to south up to 100 kilometers .
The municipality comprises 138 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the small town of Monteagudo with 9,135 inhabitants in the northern part of the district. Other larger towns in the municipality are Candua with 2,308 inhabitants, San Miguel de las Pampas with 654 inhabitants and San Juan del Piraí with 459 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of Monteagudo is located in the humid, subandine Chaco of Bolivia on the edge of the southeastern foothills of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . In the months of May to September there is a pronounced dry season in the Monteagudo area , while the months of December to February are characterized by sometimes heavy rainfall.
The annual average temperature is 22 ° C (see Monteagudo climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 17 ° C in June and just under 25 ° C in December. Annual precipitation is around 700 mm, with monthly values below 20 mm from May to September and maximum values of 120 to 130 mm from December to February.
population
The municipality's population has decreased slightly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 25 240 | census |
| 2001 | 26 504 | census |
| 2012 | 24 118 | census |
The population density at the last census of 2012 was 7.2 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among the over 15-year-olds in 2001 was 73.7 percent. The life expectancy of newborns was 66.1 years, and infant mortality had decreased from 8.2 percent (1992) to 5.6 percent in 2001.
98.8 percent of the population speak Spanish , 12.0 percent speak Quechua , and 3.1 percent speak Guaraní . (2001)
67.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 59.9 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
67.9 percent of 5,399 households have a radio, 26.0 percent a television, 24.8 percent a bicycle, 1.7 percent a motorcycle, 8.2 percent a car, 15.5 percent a refrigerator, and 7.8 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 | NA-C | MAS-IPSP | PAIS | U.N. | MSM | ||
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| 11,068 | 9,408 | 7,395 | 3,083 | 2,990 | 652 | 377 | 293 | ||
| 85.0% | 78.6% | 41.7% | 40.4% | 8.8% | 5.1% | 4.0% |
structure
The municipality Monteagudo was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- 01-0501-1 Canton of Monteagudo - 83 municipalities - 20,739 inhabitants ( 2001: 21,202 inhabitants )
- 01-0501-2 Canton of San Juan del Piraí - 29 municipalities - 3,379 inhabitants ( 2001: 5,302 inhabitants )
Localities in the municipality of Monteagudo
- Canton of Monteagudo
- Monteagudo 9,135 pop - Candua 2308 pop - San Miguel de las Pampas 654 pop - San Miguel del Bañado 538 pop
- Canton of San Juan del Piraí
- San Juan del Piraí Pop. 459.
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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Plan de Desarrollo Municipal 2007-2011 (PDF) ( Spanish )
- Municipio Monteagudo - General Maps No. 10501
- Municipio Monteagudo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 944 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )