Municipio Pampa Grande

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Municipio Pampa Grande
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		9198 inhabitants (2012 census)
9 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07-0902
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,040 km²
height 1600  m
Coordinates 18 ° 5 ′  S , 64 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 5 ′  S , 64 ° 9 ′  W
Municipio Pampa Grande (Bolivia)
Municipio Pampa Grande
Municipio Pampa Grande
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Florida Province
Central place Pampa Grande
climate
Climate diagram Samaipata
Climate diagram Samaipata

The Municipio Pampa Grande (also Pampagrande ) is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Pampa Grande is one of four Municipios of the Province of Florida and comprises the western and northwestern areas of the province. It borders the province of Ichilo to the north, the province of Manuel María Caballero to the west, the province of Vallegrande to the southwest , the municipality of Quirusillas to the southeast , and the municipality of Mairana to the east .

The municipality extends between about 17 ° 46 'and 18 ° 25' south latitude and 63 ° 55 'and 64 ° 19' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 35 kilometers and from north to south up to 55 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 33 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Pampa Grande with 770 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the central eastern part of the district. Other larger towns are the city of Los Negros with 3,572 inhabitants and Mataral with 821 inhabitants.

geography

The Municipio Pampa Grande is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate in the protected valleys is mild and balanced all year round, not as hot and humid as in the nearby lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see climate diagram Samaipata) and fluctuates only slightly between 15 ° C in June / July and just under 20 ° C from November to January. The annual precipitation is about 750 mm, with a weak dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 110-120 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the Municipio Pampa Grande has increased by around two thirds in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 5,761 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 7,933 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 9,198 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the district in the last census of 2012 was 8.8 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 15 years of age had increased from 82.4 percent (1992) to 86.2 percent. The life expectancy of the newborns was 63.2 years, the infant mortality had increased slightly from 5.7 percent (1992) to 6.6 percent in 2001.

95.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 26.3 percent speak Quechua , and 0.8 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

59.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 26.3 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

72.3 percent of 2,045 households have a radio, 31.4 percent a television, 52.3 percent a bicycle, 10.0 percent a motorcycle, 8.3 percent a car, 11.0 percent a refrigerator, and 1.0 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 VERDES SOL TODOS FRAC
3,928   3,431 2,799   1,273 666 381 288 191
  87.3% 81.6%   45.5% 23.8% 13.6% 10.3% 6.8%

structure

The municipality Pampagrande divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):

Individual evidence

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

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