Municipio Presto
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 Río Xeric at Presto |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
11,856 inhabitants (2012 census) 9 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 01-0302 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,314 km² | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 45 ′ S , 64 ° 55 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Chuquisaca | ||
| province | Jaime Zudáñez Province | ||
| Central place | Presto | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Azurduy |
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The Municipio Presto is a district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Presto is one of four Municipios of the Jaime Zudáñez Province and is located in the northwestern part of the province. It borders on the department of Cochabamba to the north, the province of Oropeza to the west, the municipality of Zudáñez to the south , and the municipality of Mojocoya to the east .
The municipality comprises 156 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village Presto with 2,908 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southwestern part of the district, the second largest village is Pasopaya with 797 inhabitants.
geography
The Municipio Presto is located between the Altiplano in the west and the lowlands in the east in one of the north-south side valleys of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The climate of the region is a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperature differences between day and night fluctuate more clearly than the average values between summer and winter.
The annual average temperature is 14 ° C (see Azurduy climate diagram), the monthly values fluctuate between 10 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C in December / January. Annual precipitation is just under 550 mm, with a dry season and monthly values below 10 mm from May to August, and maximum values of 100 to 110 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the municipality has increased by about half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 7 874 | census |
| 2001 | 8 892 | census |
| 2012 | 11 856 | census |
The population density at the last census of 2012 was 9.0 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age was 41.8 percent in 2001, namely 49.0 percent for men and 32.8 percent for women. The life expectancy of newborns was 51.1 years, and infant mortality remained unchanged at 10.6 percent (1992) until 2001.
22.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 99.2 percent speak Quechua , and 0.0 percent speak Aymara . (2001)
89.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 90.3 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
60.7 percent of 1,958 households have a radio, 3.9 percent a television, 6.9 percent a bicycle, 0.4 percent a motorcycle, 0.3 percent a car, 1.7 percent a refrigerator, and 0.1 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 | MAS-IPSP | MSM | ||
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| 2,972 | 2,588 | 2,079 | 1,674 | 405 | ||
| 87.1% | 80.3% | 80.5% | 19.5% |
structure
The municipality included in the last census of 2012, the following three cantons ( cantones ):
- 01-0302-1 Canton Presto - 83 municipalities - 7,387 inhabitants ( 2001: 5,458 inhabitants )
- 01-0302-2 Canton Rodeo - 38 municipalities - 2,800 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,858 inhabitants )
- 01-0302-3 Canton of Pasopaya - 24 municipalities - 1,669 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,576 inhabitants )
Localities in the Municipio Presto
- Canton of Presto
- Presto 2908 pop.
- Canton rodeo
- Rodeo 295 pop.
- Pasopaya Canton
- Pasopaya 797 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 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 Presto - General Maps No. 10302
- Municipio Presto - detailed map and population data (PDF; 450 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Chuquisaca - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.21 MB) ( Spanish )