Municipio San Carlos (Santa Cruz)
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20,093 inhabitants (2012 census) 7 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-0402 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 2,723 km² | ||
| height | 300 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 16 ′ S , 63 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Ichilo Province | ||
| Central place | San Carlos | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Santa Fe de Yapacaní |
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The Municipio San Carlos is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of San Carlos is one of four municipalities in the Ichilo Province and comprises the eastern areas of the province. It is bordered to the west by the Municipio San Juan de Yapacaní and the Municipio Yapacaní , to the south and southeast by the Municipio Buena Vista , and to the northeast and north by the Province of Sara .
The municipality extends between about 17 ° 00 'and 17 ° 38' south latitude and 63 ° 36 'and 63 ° 55' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 20 kilometers and from north to south up to 60 kilometers .
The municipality comprises 52 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the city of San Carlos with 4,620 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southern part of the district.
geography
The municipality of San Carlos is located on the western edge of the Bolivian lowlands in front of the Cordillera Oriental , the climate is subtropical and humid all year round .
The mean average temperature of the region is around 24 ° C (see climate diagram Santa Fe de Yapacaní) and varies only marginally between 20 and 21 ° C in June and July and 26 to 27 ° C from November to February. The annual precipitation is about 1800 mm, the summer months from October to March have mean monthly precipitation between 150 and 300 mm.
population
The population of the Municipio San Carlos has increased by about half in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 13 067 | census |
| 2001 | 16 502 | census |
| 2012 | 20 093 | census |
The population density of the district at the last census of 2012 was 7.4 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 65.1 percent. The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 had risen from 80.5 percent (1992) to 87.3 percent in 2001. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.9 years, the infant mortality had fallen from 6.3 percent ( 1992 ) to 5.5 percent in 2001.
96.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 23.8 percent speak Quechua , 0.5 percent Aymara , 0.4 percent Guaraní , and 0.1 percent speak other indigenous languages . (2001)
39.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 21.7 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
67.1 percent of 3,329 households have a radio, 46.1 percent a television, 60.3 percent a bicycle, 7.1 percent a motorcycle, 9.8 percent a car, 26.3 percent a refrigerator, and 8.9 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 | MAS-IPSP | VERDES | MSM | TODOS | FA | ASIP | ||
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| 8,239 | 6,889 | 5,643 | 2,613 | 1,257 | 672 | 594 | 337 | 170 | ||
| 83.6% | 81.9% | 46.3% | 22.3% | 11.9% | 10.5% | 6.0% | 3.0% |
structure
The municipality of Buenavista is divided not into cantons ( cantones ), but consists of 31 Subkantonen ( vicecantones ).
Localities
- San Carlos Canton
- Santa Fe de Yapacaní 8454 pop - San Carlos 4620 pop - Buen Retiro 1932 pop - Antofagasta 840 pop - El Sujal 519 pop - Villa Imperial 514 pop .
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio San Carlos - General Maps No. 70402
- Municipio San Carlos - detailed map and population data (PDF 805 kB) ( Spanish )
- Municipio San Carlos - Information from the Santa Cruz Departmental Government ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )