Municipio Portachuelo

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Municipio Portachuelo
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		17,885 inhabitants (2012 census)
17 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07-0601
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,069 km²
height 280  m
Coordinates 17 ° 22 ′  S , 63 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 22 ′  S , 63 ° 27 ′  W
Municipio Portachuelo (Bolivia)
Municipio Portachuelo
Municipio Portachuelo
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Sara Province
Central place Portachuelo
climate
Climate diagram Warnes
Climate diagram Warnes

The Municipio Portachuelo is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Portachuelo is one of three counties ( Bolivian : Municipios ) in the province of Sara . It borders the municipality of Santa Rosa del Sara to the north, the province of Ichilo to the west and southwest , the province of Andrés Ibáñez and the municipality of Colpa Bélgica to the southeast , the province of Ignacio Warnes to the east, and the province of Obispo Santistevan to the northeast . It extends about 45 kilometers in north-south and 35 kilometers in east-west direction.

The central place of the municipality is the city of Portachuelo with 14,091 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the center of the municipality.

geography

The municipality of Portachuelo is located in a tropical, humid climate in front of the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region was covered by subtropical rainforest before colonization , but is now mostly cultivated land .

The mean average temperature of the region is just under 24 ° C (see Warnes climate diagram), the monthly values ​​fluctuate between 20 ° C in June / July and 26 ° C from November to February. The annual precipitation is about 1300 mm, the monthly precipitation is productive and lies between 35 mm in August and 200 mm in January.

population

The population of the Municipio Portachuelo has increased by more than a third in the two decades from 1992 to 2012:

year Residents source
1992 12 667 census
2001 16 408 census
2012 17 885 census
2017 19 568 Update

The population density of the municipality in the 2012 census was 16.7 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 78.8 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 69.4 years, and infant mortality had fallen from 5.0 percent ( 1992 ) to 4.4 percent ( 2001 ).

The literacy rate among those over 6 years of age has risen from 85.8 percent ( 1992 ) to 91.1 percent. 99.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 6.2 percent speak Quechua , 0.5 percent Guaraní , and 0.4 percent Aymara .

40.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 18.1 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

69.5 percent of the 3,413 households have a radio, 62.5 percent a television, 44.4 percent a bicycle, 15.6 percent a motorcycle, 12.2 percent a car, 40.5 percent a refrigerator, and 17.0 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 SOL VERDES FA MAS-IPSP UCS TODOS
8,847   7,982 7,031   1,978 1,888 1,177 1,130 548 310
  90.2% 88.1%   28.1% 26.9% 16.7% 16.1% 7.8% 4.4%

structure

In the last census of 2012, the municipality of Portachuelo was divided into the following two cantons :

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 - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2011
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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