Municipio Samaipata
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 Landscape near Samaipata |
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| Population (state) - population density |
10,472 people (2012 census) 5 people / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-0901 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,926 km² | ||
| height | 1500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 11 ′ S , 63 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Florida Province | ||
| Central place | Samaipata | ||
 View of Samaipata |
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 Climate diagram Samaipata |
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The municipality of Samaipata is a district in the Santa Cruz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Samaipata is one of four municipalities in the province of Florida and comprises the eastern areas of the province. It borders on the province of Ichilo to the north, the Municipio Mairana to the northwest , the Municipio Pampa Grande to the west, the Municipio Quirusillas to the southwest, the Cordillera province to the south , and the Andrés Ibáñez province to the east .
The municipality extends between about 17 ° 54 'and 18 ° 26' south latitude and 63 ° 29 'and 64 ° 00' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 40 kilometers and from north to south up to 50 kilometers .
The municipality comprises 45 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the city of Samaipata with 4,398 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the western edge of the district.
geography
The municipality of Samaipata is located in the transition area between the Andean mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental in the west 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 Samaipata has increased by around ten percent in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 9,142 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 9,739 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 10,472 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the district at the last census of 2012 was 5.4 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 15 years of age had increased from 77.1 percent (1992) to 85.4 percent. The life expectancy of the newborns was 66.4 years, the infant mortality had decreased from 5.9 percent (1992) to 5.3 percent in 2001.
98.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 15.5 percent speak Quechua , and 0.4 percent speak Aymara . (2001)
55.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 45.7 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
76.2 percent of 2,411 households own a radio, 35.1 percent a television, 39.9 percent a bicycle, 6.6 percent a motorcycle, 10.4 percent a car, 17.7 percent a refrigerator, and 7.0 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 | VERDES | MAS-IPSP | SS | TRES | FA | HACER | MSM | ||
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| 5,198 | 4,649 | 3.814 | 1,168 | 972 | 905 | 326 | 180 | 155 | 108 | ||
| 89.4% | 82.0% | 30.6% | 25.5% | 23.7% | 8.5% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 2.8% |
structure
The municipality of Samaipata is divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Samaipata (in the northern part of the district): 18 Vicecantones - 28 municipalities - 8,783 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Cantón San Juan del Rosario (in the southern part of the district): 13 Vicecantones - 17 municipalities - 956 inhabitants (central place: San Juan del Rosario )
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 Samaipata - General Maps No. 70901
- Municipio Samaipata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 972 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )