Municipio San Buenaventura (Bolivia)

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Municipio San Buenaventura
San Buenaventura
San Buenaventura
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		8711 inhabitants (2012 census)
3 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1502
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,781 km²
height 300  m
Coordinates 14 ° 15 ′  S , 67 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 15 ′  S , 67 ° 50 ′  W
Municipio San Buenaventura (Bolivia)
Municipio San Buenaventura
Municipio San Buenaventura
politics

Department La Paz
province Abel Iturralde Province
Central place San Buenaventura
climate
Climate diagram Rurrenabaque
Climate diagram Rurrenabaque

The municipality of San Buenaventura is a district in the Bolivian department of La Paz .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of San Buenaventura is one of two municipalities in the province of Abel Iturralde and is located in the southern part of the province. It borders the province of Franz Tamayo to the west and south, the Beni department to the east , and the municipality of Ixiamas to the north .

The district comprises a total of 33 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is San Buenaventura with 3,089 inhabitants in the eastern part of the municipality. (2012 census)

geography

The municipality of San Buenaventura is located on the western edge of the Moxos plain , with over 100,000 km² one of the largest wetlands on earth; the predominant form of vegetation in the Moxos plain is the tropical savannah . The climate in the San Buenaventura region is tropical hot and humid all year round, but it can also get relatively cool in winter due to the Surazo (cold wind from the south). The annual precipitation is almost 2000 mm, with monthly precipitation of around 300 mm in January and February, and less than 100 mm in the months of August to September. The average monthly temperatures are all year round between 23 ° C and 28 ° C (see climate diagram Rurrenabaque).

population

The population of the Municipio San Buenaventura has almost doubled over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 4 608 census
2001 6 203 census
2012 8 711 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.4 years, and infant mortality fell from 11.3 percent (1992) to 5.4 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 88.0 percent, namely 92.1 percent for men and 82.9 percent for women (2001) .

97.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 11.0 percent speak Quechua , 4.4 percent Aymara , and 11.9 percent speak other indigenous languages. (2001)

74.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 50.7 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

57.8 percent of households own a radio, 26.3 percent a television, 23.3 percent a bicycle, 7.1 percent a motorcycle, 3.1 percent a car, 8.7 percent a refrigerator, and 5.6 percent one 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 MPS U.N. MSM
3,455   3,006 2,373   992 666 472 243
  87.0% 78.9%   41.8% 28.1% 19.9% 10.2%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following three cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of San Buenaventura

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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