Municipio Quirusillas
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| Population (state) - population density |
2995 inhabitants (2012 census) 10 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-0904 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 308 km² | ||
| height | 1800 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 22 ′ S , 63 ° 55 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Florida Province | ||
| Central place | Quirusillas | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Samaipata |
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The Municipio Quirusillas is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Quirusillas is one of four Municipios of the Province of Florida and comprises the southwestern areas of the province. It borders the Municipio Samaipata in the east and north , the Municipio Pampa Grande in the northwest , and the Province of Vallegrande in the southwest and south .
The municipality extends between about 18 ° 16 'and 18 ° 26' south latitude and 63 ° 49 'and 64 ° 03' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 25 kilometers and from north to south up to 20 kilometers .
The municipality comprises 12 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Quirusillas with 1,539 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northern half of the district.
geography
The municipality of Quirusillas is located in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in the northwest and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate in the protected valleys is mild and balanced all year round, not as hot and humid as in the nearby lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see climate diagram Samaipata) and fluctuates only slightly between 15 ° C in June / July and almost 20 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, with a weak dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 35 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 110 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Quirusillas has increased by more than half in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 1,507 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 2,028 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 2,995 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the district at the last census of 2012 was 9.7 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 15 years of age had increased from 74.4 percent (1992) to 82.6 percent. The life expectancy of the newborns was 67.4 years, the infant mortality had more than halved from 10.3 percent (1992) to 4.9 percent in 2001.
99.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 7.1 percent speak Quechua , and 0.3 percent speak Guaraní . (2001)
66.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 62.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
72.1 percent of the 444 households have a radio, 17.1 percent a television, 30.9 percent a bicycle, 3.2 percent a motorcycle, 4.1 percent a car, 6.3 percent a refrigerator, and 0.5 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 | VERDES | MAS-IPSP | ||
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| 993 | 940 | 824 | 512 | 312 | ||
| 94.7% | 87.7% | 62.1% | 37.9% |
structure
The Municipio Quirusillas consists only of the canton ( cantón ) Quirusillas and is divided into the following sub- cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecantón Comunidad El Rodeo - 1 municipality - 79 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Vicecantón Comunidad Río Abajo - 2 municipalities - 59 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Rosete - 1 municipality - 169 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad San Juan de Florida - 1 municipality - 51 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Filadelfia - 2 parishes - 457 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Hierba Buena Civil - 1 municipality - 201 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Quirusillas - 2 parishes - 686 inhabitants
- Vicecantón San Luis - 2 parishes - 126 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Quirusillas - General Maps No. 70904
- Municipio Quirusillas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 566 kB) ( Spanish )
- Santa Cruz Department - Social data of the municipalities (PDF 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )