Municipio Padcaya

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Municipio Padcaya
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		18,681 inhabitants (2012 census)
4 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 06-0201
Telephone code (+591)
surface 4,619 km²
height 2100  m
Coordinates 22 ° 5 ′  S , 64 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 22 ° 5 ′  S , 64 ° 31 ′  W
Municipio Padcaya (Bolivia)
Municipio Padcaya
Municipio Padcaya
politics

Department Tarija
province Province of Aniceto Arce
Central place Padcaya
climate
Climate diagram Padcaya
Climate diagram Padcaya

The Municipio Padcaya is a district in the Tarija Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Padcaya is the northern of the two Municipios of the Province of Aniceto Arce . It is bordered to the north by the province of Cercado and the province of José María Avilés , to the west and southeast by the Republic of Argentina , to the south by the municipality of Bermejo , to the east by the province of Gran Chaco , and to the northeast by the province of Burnet O'Connor .

The central place of the municipality is Padcaya with 1,437 inhabitants ( 2012 ) on the northern edge of the district.

geography

The Municipio Padcaya is located in southern Bolivia on the eastern slopes of the eastern Andes mountain range at the transition to the Bolivian lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the region is 13.5 ° C (see Padcaya climate diagram), the annual precipitation is 630 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation well over 100 mm. The monthly average temperatures vary between 9 ° C in June and July and 17 ° C in December and January.

population

The population of the Municipio Padcaya has changed little in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 17,341 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 19,260 inhabitants (census)
  • 2010 : 18,681 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 4.0 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 65.5 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 74 percent, 85 percent for men and 62 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 COMUNIDAD CC
9,579   8,258 6,701   3.133 2,709 859
  86.2% 81.1%   46.8% 40.4% 12.8%

structure

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

Localities in the Municipio Padcaya

  • Cañas Canton
  • Mecoya Canton
  • Canton of Rejara
  • Canton of Tacuara

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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