Municipio Moro Moro

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Municipio Moro Moro
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		2767 people (2012 census)
4 people / km²
Post Code 07-0803
Telephone code (+591)
surface 706 km²
height 2300  m
Coordinates 18 ° 20 ′  S , 64 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 20 ′  S , 64 ° 23 ′  W
Municipio Moro Moro (Bolivia)
Municipio Moro Moro
Municipio Moro Moro
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Vallegrande Province
Central place Moro Moro
climate
Climate diagram Moro Moro
Climate diagram Moro Moro

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Moro Moro is one of five municipalities in the province of Vallegrande and comprises the north-western areas of the province. It borders in the northwest with the province of Manuel María Caballero , in the west with the department Cochabamba , in the southeast with the municipality Vallegrande , in the east with the municipality Trigal , and in the northeast with the province Florida .

The municipality extends between about 18 ° 09 'and 18 ° 31' south latitude and 64 ° 13 'and 64 ° 30' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 25 kilometers and from north to south up to 40 kilometers . With its southern part it covers the valley of the Río Pajcha up to the confluence with the Río Mizque , the northern half of the municipality is largely without drainage. The municipality is embedded between north-south running mountain ridges that reach heights of up to almost 3,000 m.

The municipality comprises 43 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village of Moro Moro with 625 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the central eastern part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Moro Moro is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in the north and the Cordillera Central in the southwest, and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate in the protected valley location is temperate and balanced all year round, less mild than in the neighboring municipality of Vallegrande.

The mean average temperature of the region is 13 ° C (see climate diagram Moro Moro) and fluctuates only slightly between 10 ° C in July and 15 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is around 560 mm, with a dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 20 mm, and a wet season from December to February with just over 100 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the Municipio Moro Moro has decreased by about a quarter in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 3,863 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 3,366 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 2,767 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the district in the last census of 2012 was 3.9 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among the over 15-year-olds had increased from 77.3 percent (1992) to 83.9 percent. The life expectancy of the newborns was 60.9 years, the infant mortality had increased from 6.4 percent (1992) to 7.6 percent in 2001.

99.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 1.9 percent speak Quechua , and 0.1 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

89.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 90.3 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

79.9 percent of the 890 households have a radio, 11.7 percent a television, 21.3 percent a bicycle, 7.3 percent a motorcycle, 4.4 percent a car, 0.4 percent a refrigerator, and 0.3 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 VERDES MAS-IPSP TODOS
1,388   1,251 1,066   658 404 4th
  90.1% 85.2%   61.7% 37.9% 0.4%

structure

The municipality Moro Moro is divided into the following five cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón Abra el Astillero (in the southwestern part of the municipality) - 3 Vicecantones - 8 municipalities - 549 inhabitants ( 2001 )
  • Cantón Añapancu (in the south-eastern part of the municipality) - 3 vicecantones - 4 municipalities - 160 inhabitants
  • Cantón Ariruma (in the eastern part of the municipality) - 7 vicecantones - 12 municipalities - 1,074 inhabitants
  • Cantón La Laja (in the northeastern part of the municipality) - 2 vicecantones - 3 municipalities - 348 inhabitants
  • Cantón Moro Moro (in the central and western part of the municipality) - 6 vicecantones - 16 municipalities - 1,235 inhabitants

Localities in the municipality

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 (PDF file; 1.60 MB)
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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