Municipio Pasorapa
| Municipio Pasorapa | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
6696 inhabitants (2012 census) 3 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-0202 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 2,376 km² | ||
| height | 2500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 24 ′ S , 64 ° 35 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Narciso Campero Province | ||
| Central place | Pasorapa | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Omereque |
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The municipality Pasorapa is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Pasorapa is one of three municipalities in the province of Narciso Campero . It borders the Municipio Omereque to the northwest , the Municipio Aiquile to the west, the Chuquisaca department to the south , and the Santa Cruz department to the east and northeast .
The central place of the municipality is the rural town of Pasorapa with 3,134 inhabitants in the central part of the district. (2012 census)
geography
The Municipio Pasorapa lies between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central . The climate is characterized by a typical daytime climate , in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are greater than between the seasons.
The annual average temperature of the region is around 20 ° C (see the Omereque climate diagram), with the monthly averages fluctuating between 17.5 ° C in July and 22 ° C from October to February. Annual precipitation is 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly values below 20 mm, and a short moisture period from December to February with around 100 mm per month.
population
The population of the Municipio Pasorapa has changed only slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 4,612 | census |
| 2001 | 4,656 | census |
| 2012 | 6,696 | census |
The population density of the municipality in the 2012 census was 2.8 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0.0 percent ( 2001 ). The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.5 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 75.4 percent, namely 86.7 percent for men and 63.3 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 | PUN | MAS-IPSP | ||
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| 1,623 | 1,430 | 1,228 | 616 | 612 | ||
| 88.1% | 85.9% | 50.2% | 49.8% |
structure
The municipality is not further subdivided and consists of only one canton ( cantón ):
- 03-0202-01 Canton of Pasorapa
Localities in the municipality of Pasorapa
- Pasorapa Canton
- Pasorapa 3134 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
- Municipio Pasorapa - General Maps No. 30202
- Municipio Pasorapa - detailed map and population data (PDF; 800 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )