Municipio Poroma

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Municipio Poroma
Landscape on the Sucre - Poroma road
Landscape on the Sucre - Poroma road
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		17,349 inhabitants (2012 census)
13 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01-0103
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,385 km²
height 2500  m
Coordinates 18 ° 38 ′  S , 65 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 38 ′  S , 65 ° 21 ′  W
Municipio Poroma (Bolivia)
Municipio Poroma
Municipio Poroma
politics

Department Chuquisaca
province Oropeza Province
Central place Poroma
Bridge over the Rio Maran Mayu
Bridge over the Rio Maran Mayu
climate
Climate diagram Sucre
Climate diagram Sucre

The Municipio Poroma is a district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Poroma is one of three municipalities in the province of Oropeza and includes its northwestern area. It is bordered by the Potosí Department to the north and west, the Sucre Municipality to the south , and the Cochabamba Department to the east .

The municipality extends between about 18 ° 21 'and 18 ° 57' south latitude and 65 ° 00 'and 65 ° 42' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 40 kilometers, from north to south up to 55 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 186 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village Poroma with 680 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northern part of the district.

geography

The Municipio Poroma is located in the central part of the Bolivian Cordillera Central , between the Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate is a cool, moderate mountain climate with a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature differences fluctuate more strongly during the day than during the year.

The annual average temperature in the region is just under 16 ° C (see Sucre climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between just under 14 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is more than 700 mm and has five arid months from May to September with monthly values ​​below 25 mm, the summer months from December to March have precipitation of 100 to 150 mm each.

population

The population of the Municipio Poroma has increased by more than a quarter in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 13 659 census
2001 16 101 census
2012 17 349 census

The population density at the last census of 2012 was 12.5 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age had increased from 40.3 percent (1992) to 60.1 percent (2001). The life expectancy of the newborns was 52.8 years, the infant mortality had fallen from 12.6 percent (1992) to 11.0 percent in 2001.

33.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 99.5 percent speak Quechua , and 0.1 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

96.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 95.3 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

54.0 percent of the 3,890 households have a radio, 1.0 percent a television, 2.7 percent a bicycle, 0.1 percent a motorcycle, 0.4 percent a car, 0.2 percent a refrigerator, and 0 percent one 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 MSM NA-C
5,454   4,720 3,860   3.226 363 271
  86.5% 81.8%   83.6% 9.4% 7.0%

structure

The municipality Poroma consisted in the census 2012 of the following six cantons ( cantones ):

  • 01-0103-01 Canton Poroma - 37 municipalities - 5,956 inhabitants ( 2001: 5,431 inhabitants )
  • 01-0103-02 Canton Pojpo - 29 municipalities - 3,546 inhabitants ( 2001: 3,640 inhabitants )
  • 01-0103-03 Canton Sapse - 18 municipalities - 2,063 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,049 inhabitants )
  • 01-0103-04 Canton Sijcha - 23 municipalities - 2,560 inhabitants ( 2001: 2,892 inhabitants )
  • 01-0103-05 Canton Copavillkhi - 8 municipalities - 1,021 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,329 inhabitants )
  • 01-0103-06 Huañoma Canton - 31 municipalities - 2,203 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,760 inhabitants )

Localities in the municipality of Poroma

  • Canton of Poroma

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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