Municipio Palos Blancos
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| Population (state) - population density |
24,636 inhabitants (2012 census) 7 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-1104 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 3,430 km² | ||
| height | 500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 31 ′ S , 67 ° 15 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | South Yungas Province | ||
| Central place | Palos Blancos | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Palos Blancos |
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The municipality of Palos Blancos is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Palos Blancos is one of five municipalities in the Sud Yungas province and is located in the northern part of the province. It borders the province of Franz Tamayo in the north, the province Larecaja in the northwest , the province Caranavi in the southwest , the municipality La Asunta in the south, the department Cochabamba in the southeast , and the department Beni in the east .
The municipality has 246 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Palos Blancos with 5,478 inhabitants in the central part of the district ( 2012 census ). Other notable places in the municipality are Sapecho with 843 inhabitants, Santa Ana de Mosetenes (721), Inicua with 711 inhabitants, Covendo with 591 inhabitants, Popoy with 558 inhabitants and San Miguel de Huachi with 505 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality of Palos Blancos is located in the Bolivian Yungas at an average altitude of 500 m east of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real and mainly includes the mountain landscape of the Sierra de Marimonos along the Río Beni .
The mean average temperature of the region is 28 ° C, the annual precipitation is almost 1600 mm (see climate diagram). The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 25 ° C in June / July and 29 ° C from October to March. The monthly precipitation is less than 50 mm in the months of June and July and more than 200 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the Municipio Palos Blancos has almost doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 12 643 | census |
| 2001 | 16 786 | census |
| 2012 | 24 636 | census |
The municipality had a population density of 7.2 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 . The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.5 years, and infant mortality fell from 8.9 percent (1992) to 6.7 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 86.8 percent, 94.3 percent for men and 76.3 percent for women (2001) .
95.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 33.8 percent speak Aymara , and 13.7 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
75.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 38.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
67.0 percent of 4,248 households have a radio, 20.4 percent a television, 36.5 percent a bicycle, 2.9 percent a motorcycle, 4.4 percent a car, 10.3 percent a refrigerator, 0.9 percent a telephone. (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 | ASP | MPS | MSM | FPV | ||
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| 10,682 | 8,978 | 6,558 | 3,477 | 1,256 | 925 | 601 | 299 | ||
| 84.0% | 73.0% | 53.0% | 19.2% | 14.1% | 9.2% | 4.6% |
structure
The municipality is not in cantons ( cantones subdivided) and consists of 221 sub-Canton ( subcantones ).
Localities in the municipality of Palos Blancos
- Palos Blancos pop 5478 - Sapecho pop 843 - Santa Ana de Mosetenes pop 721 - Inicua pop 711 - Covendo pop 591 - Popoy pop 558 - Villa Concepción pop 542 - Tucupi pop 514 - San Miguel de Huachi 505 Pop. - San José 500 pop - Puerto Carmen 373 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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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
- Relief map of the Paquia region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 12.7 MB)
- Relief map of the Sorata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 13.1 MB)
- Municipio Palos Blancos - General Maps No. 21104
- Municipio Palos Blancos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.35 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )