Municipio San Benito
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| Population (state) - population density |
13,562 inhabitants (2012 census) 103 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-1403 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 132 km² | ||
| height | 2650 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 30 ′ S , 65 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Punata Province | ||
| Central place | San Benito | ||
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 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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The municipality of San Benito is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of San Benito is one of five municipalities in the province of Punata . It borders on the province of Chapare to the northwest , the province of Germán Jordán to the west, the municipality of Punata to the south and southeast and the province of Tiraque to the northeast .
The central place of the municipality is San Benito with 4,221 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of San Benito is located in the transition area between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90 to 110 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio San Benito has increased only marginally in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 12,156 | census |
| 2001 | 12,720 | census |
| 2012 | 13,562 | census |
The population density of the municipality in the last census of 2012 was 102.7 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 61.3 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.0 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 77.1 percent, 89.9 percent for men and 67.4 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 | ARI | MAS-IPSP | UN- CP | MSM | ||
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| 7,591 | 6,741 | 5,480 | 1,720 | 1,528 | 1,477 | 755 | ||
| 88.8% | 81.3% | 31.4% | 27.9% | 27.0% | 13.8% |
structure
The municipality of San Benito was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following three cantons ( cantones ):
- 03-1403-01 Canton of San Benito - 22 towns - 6,042 inhabitants
- 03-1403-02 Canton of Huaricaya - 8 villages - 1,873 inhabitants
- 03-1403-03 Sunchu Pampa Canton - 7 towns - 5,647 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of San Benito
- San Benito Canton
- San Benito 4221 Pop.
- Huaricaya Canton
- San Lorenzo 989 pop.
- Sunchu Pampas Canton
- San Benito (Sunchu Pampa) 4089 pop - Sunchu Pampa 503 pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Plan de Desarrollo Municipal de San Benito 2003-2007 In: Biblioteca Digital ( Spanish )
- Municipio San Benito - General Maps No. 31403
- Municipio San Benito - detailed map and population data (PDF; 231 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )