Municipio Padilla (Bolivia)
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 View of the city of Padilla |
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| Population (state) - population density |
10,162 inhabitants (2012 census) 6 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 01-0401 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) 4693 | ||
| surface | 1,617 km² | ||
| height | 2100 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 24 ′ S , 64 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Tomina Province | ||
| Central place | Padilla | ||
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 Climate diagram Padilla |
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The Municipio Padilla is a district in the Chuquisaca Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The municipality was founded as "San Miguel de la Laguna" in 1583.
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Padilla is one of five Municipios of the Tomina Province and includes its eastern area. It borders in the north with the province of Belisario Boeto , and in the north-west with the municipality Tomina , in the west with the municipality Villa Alcalá , in the southwest with the municipality El Villar , in the south with the province Hernando Siles , in the east with the province Luis Calvo , and in the northeast to the Santa Cruz Department .
The municipality extends approximately between 19 ° 09 'and 19 ° 40' south latitude and 63 ° 57 'and 64 ° 25' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 40 kilometers, from north to south up to 55 kilometers .
The municipality comprises 130 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the city of Padilla with 3,314 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the western part of the district.
geography
The Municipio Padilla is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 18 ° C (see Padilla climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 15 ° C in June and July and around 20 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is around 650 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 110 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Padilla has decreased by almost a quarter in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 13 086 | census |
| 2001 | 12 562 | census |
| 2012 | 10 162 | census |
The population density at the last census of 2012 was 6.3 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age was 69.8 percent in 2001. The life expectancy of the newborns was 61.7 years, the infant mortality had fallen from 9.5 percent (1992) to 7.4 percent in 2001.
97.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 20.3 percent speak Quechua , and 0.1 percent speak Aymara . (2001)
75.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 70.5 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
73.8 percent of 2,775 households have a radio, 17.2 percent a television, 22.8 percent a bicycle, 0.9 percent a motorcycle, 3.2 percent a car, 8.5 percent a refrigerator, and 0.4 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 | LIDER | ||
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| 4,768 | 4,217 | 3,469 | 2,417 | 1,052 | ||
| 88.4% | 82.3% | 69.7% | 30.3% |
structure
The municipality of Padilla consists only of the canton ( cantón ) Padilla and is divided into the following sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Cañon Yerba Buena - 2 municipalities - 141 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Vicecantón Chajra Mayu - 1 municipality - 187 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Chaujral - 2 parishes - 107 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Chincana - 1 municipality - 100 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Ck'Asca Orcko - 1 municipality - 3 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Astillero - 1 municipality - 180 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Campo Redondo - 1 municipality - 399 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Corey - 1 municipality - 150 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad El Rosal - 1 municipality - 249 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Huayra Huasi - 2 parishes - 136 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Ivicuite - 1 municipality - 103 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Molle Pampa - 1 municipality - 105 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Pedernal - 6 parishes - 174 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Pili Pili Alto - 1 municipality - 196 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Punilla - 2 parishes - 194 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Cruz Loma - 1 municipality - 153 inhabitants
- Vicecantón El Cerro - 1 municipality - 163 inhabitants
- Vicecantón El Tabacal - 8 municipalities - 406 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Fuerte Pampa - 2 municipalities - 138 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Khaka Huasi - 2 parishes - 146 inhabitants
- Vicecantón La Belleza - 5 parishes - 123 inhabitants
- Vicecantón La Cienega - 3 parishes - 304 inhabitants
- Vicecantón La Fajcha - 2 parishes - 116 inhabitants
- Vicecantón La Seja - 4 parishes - 52 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Lampacillos - 8 parishes - 387 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Lampazos - 1 municipality - 112 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Las Casas - 1 municipality - 212 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Leuque Pampa - 1 parishes - 219 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Llantoj (Pincal) - 6 parishes - 212 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Millo Khaka - 4 parishes - 160 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Mojotorillo - 4 parishes - 314 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Monte Canto - 1 municipality - 100 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Naranjal - 1 municipality - 142 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Oveja Cancha - 1 municipality - 255 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Padilla - 1 municipality - 2714 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pampas Areas - 2 parishes - 210 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pampas San Isidro - 1 municipality - 71 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pasaraya - 1 municipality - 62 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Peña Blanca - 1 municipality - 40 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pili Pili Bajo - 1 municipality - 179 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pili Pilicito - 1 municipality - 28 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pilipilicito Ckaska Orko - 2 parishes - 117 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pilluiqui - 2 parishes - 75 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Pucarillo - 4 parishes - 99 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Recalde - 2 parishes - 206 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Río Acero - 2 parishes - 57 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Isidro - 1 municipality - 32 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San José - 1 municipality - 213 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Julian Alto - 3 parishes - 241 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Julian Bajo - 1 municipality - 143 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Mauro - 1 municipality - 144 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Sillani - 3 parishes - 268 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Tapial - 4 parishes - 229 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Thaco Thaco - 1 municipality - 59 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Thiyumayu - 1 municipality - 505 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Thula K'Asa - 5 municipalities - 306 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Thuru Pampa - 1 municipality - 98 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Tola Orcko - 1 municipality - 145 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Tres Pozas - 4 parishes - 98 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Virqui Pampa - 3 parishes - 87 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Padilla
- Padilla 3314 pop.
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
- Municipio de Padilla in: Chuiquisaca Turística ( Spanish )
- Municipio Padilla - General Maps No. 10401
- Municipio Padilla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 655 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - Social data of the municipalities (PDF 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )