Municipio Porco
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 View of the city of Porco |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
10,763 inhabitants (2012 census) 9 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 05-1203 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,137 km² | ||
| height | 4100 m | ||
| Coordinates | 19 ° 45 ′ S , 66 ° 0 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Antonio Quijarro Province | ||
| Central place | Porco | ||
 Location of the Municipio Porco in the Department of Potosí |
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 Climate diagram Potosí |
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The Municipio Porco is a district in the Potosí Department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Porco is one of three municipalities in the province of Antonio Quijarro and borders in the north with the province Tomás Frías , in the east with the province José María Linares , and in the south and west with the municipality Tomave .
The central place of the municipality is the city of Porco with 5,287 inhabitants, which is located in the center of the district, the second largest village is the mining settlement Agua de Castilla with 2,817 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of Porco is located on the Altiplano in central Bolivia between the Cordillera de Chichas in the southwest and the Cordillera Central in the northeast.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 11 ° C (see Potosí climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures vary between 8 ° C in June / July and a good 13 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation between 0 and 15 mm, and a short humidity period from December to February with monthly precipitation of a good 70 mm.
population
The population of the Municipio Porco has almost doubled in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 5,737 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 5,959 inhabitants (census)
- 2010 : 10,763 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality was 9.5 inhabitants / km² at the 2012 census, the proportion of the urban population is 75 percent.
The life expectancy of newborns is 61 years. The literacy rate among those over 19 is 80 percent, 91 percent for men and 71 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 | AS | ||
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| 4.043 | 3,379 | 2.132 | 1,258 | 874 | ||
| 83.6% | 63.1% | 59.0% | 41.0% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following cantons ( cantones ):
- 05-1203-01 Canton Porco - 19 localities - 8,741 inhabitants
- 05-1203-02 Canton Condoriri - 28 towns - 1,061 inhabitants
- 05-1203-03 Canton Chaquilla - 6 villages - 167 inhabitants
- 05-1203-04 Canton of Carma - 13 localities - 340 inhabitants
- 05-1203-05 Canton Churcuita - 1 village - 454 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Porco
- Canton of Porco
- Porco 5287 pop - Agua de Castilla 2817 pop
- Chaquilla Canton
- Chaquilla Pop. 145
- Canton of Carma
- Carma Pop. 143
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Porco - General Maps No. 51203
- Municipio Porco - detailed map and population data (PDF; 699 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )