Municipio Porongo

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Municipio Porongo
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		15,201 inhabitants (2012 census)
16 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07-0103
Telephone code (+591)
surface 930 km²
height 450  m
Coordinates 17 ° 45 ′  S , 63 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 45 ′  S , 63 ° 26 ′  W
Municipio Porongo (Bolivia)
Municipio Porongo
Municipio Porongo
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Andrés Ibáñez Province
Central place Porongo
climate
Climate diagram Santa Cruz
Climate diagram Santa Cruz

The Municipio Porongo (formerly: Ayacucho ) is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Porongo is one of five municipalities in the Andrés Ibáñez province . It borders in the north with the province of Sara , in the east with the province Ichilo , in the southwest with the municipality El Torno , in the southeast with the municipality La Guardia , and in the east with the municipality Santa Cruz . The central place is Porongo in the south-eastern part of the district with 1,433 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).

geography

The municipality of Porongo is located east of the Cordillera Oriental on the edge of the Bolivian lowlands and is bordered by the Río Piraí to the east towards the municipality of Santa Cruz. The region has a semi- humid, humid tropical climate with low day and night fluctuations in temperatures.

The annual precipitation in the region is about 1000 mm, the annual average temperature is 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Cruz). A short dry season from July to August with monthly precipitation of only 30 to 40 mm contrasts with an extended period of humidity , in which from December to February the monthly values ​​are between 135 and 160 mm. The monthly average temperatures fluctuate between 20 ° C in June and July and 26 ° C from October to December.

population

The population of the Municipio Porongo has more than tripled in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 4,690 census
2001 11 085 census
2012 15 201 census

The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 16.3 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.7 years. The literacy rate among those over 15 was 86.0 percent in 2001.

Due to the historical immigration of agricultural populations in the 20th century, the region has a certain proportion of indigenous population: In the municipality of Porongo, 13.0 percent of the inhabitants speak the Quechua language .

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 NEGRO VERDES MAS-IPSP PODER UCS FA AC-UDP
5,436   4,955 4,275   1.005 913 889 600 366 255 247
  91.2% 86.3%   23.5% 21.4% 20.8% 14.0% 8.6% 6.0% 5.8%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following two cantons ( cantones ):

Localities

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. ↑ INE social data Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 4.99 MB)
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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