Municipio Puerto Villarroel
| Municipio Puerto Villarroel | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
46,369 inhabitants (2012 census) 23 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-1205 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,984 km² | ||
| height | 350 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 55 ′ S , 64 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Carrasco Province | ||
| Central place | Puerto Villarroel | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Villa Tunari |
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The municipality of Puerto Villarroel is a district in the Cochabamba department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Puerto Villarroel is one of six municipalities in the province of Carrasco . It borders the Municipio Chimoré to the northwest and west , the Municipio Pojo to the south, the Municipio Entre Ríos to the southeast , and the Department of Santa Cruz to the east .
The central place of the municipality is Puerto Villarroel with 2,072 inhabitants in the north-eastern part of the municipality. (2012 census)
geography
The municipality of Puerto Villarroel is located in the Bolivian lowlands on the northern edge of the Cordillera Oriental . The climate is tropical with a pronounced time of day climate .
The long-term average annual temperature is almost 27 ° C (see Villa Tunari climate diagram), the monthly temperatures are between a good 23 ° C in July and just under 29 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation of 2,300 mm shows a clear rainy season from October to April, with monthly precipitation between 160 and 380 mm.
population
The population of the municipality of Puerto Villarroel has almost doubled in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 24,637 | census |
| 2001 | 39,518 | census |
| 2012 | 46,369 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a clear proportion of indigenous population, in the municipality of Puerto Villarroel 82.8 percent of the inhabitants speak the Quechua language .
The population density of the municipality was 23.4 inhabitants / km² at the 2012 census, the proportion of the urban population was 6.6 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 59.7 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 79.8 percent, 88.5 percent for men and 68.1 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 | MICP | ||
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| 22,397 | 19,749 | 16,335 | 14,329 | 2.006 | ||
| 88.2% | 82.7% | 87.7% | 12.3% |
structure
The municipality of Puerto Villarroel is divided into four cantons ( cantones ):
- 03-1205-01 Canton of Puerto Villarroel - 60 localities - 7,225 inhabitants
- 03-1205-02 Ivirgarzama canton - 77 localities - 17,510 inhabitants
- 03-1205-03 Canton of Mariposas - 93 localities - 10,750 inhabitants
- 03-1205-04 canton Valle Ivirza - 65 villages - 10,884 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Villarroel
- Canton of Puerto Villarroel
- Puerto Villarroel 2072 pop - Senda VI 549 pop
- Ivirgarzama Canton
- Ivirgarzama 8255 pop - Valle Ivirgarzama 458 pop - Chasqui 443 pop
- Canton of Mariposas
- Mariposas pop 1285 - Paraíso pop 838 - Primero de Mayo pop 545 - Senda Cinco pop 139
- Valle Ivirza Canton
- Valle Sacta 2704 pop - Vueltadero 1003 pop - Transversal 661 pop - Valle Ivirza 433 pop
Web links
- Municipio Puerto Villarroel - General Maps No. 31205
- Municipio Puerto Villarroel - detailed map and population data (PDF; 603 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Cochabamba - Social data of the municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 7.6 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
- ↑ INE social data Cochabamba 2001 (PDF; 7.6 MB)
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010