Municipio of San José de Chiquitos
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| Population (state) - population density |
28,922 population (2012 census) 1 population / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-0501 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 22,324 km² | ||
| height | 350 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 40 ′ S , 60 ° 30 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Chiquitos Province | ||
| Central place | San Jose de Chiquitos | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram San José de Chiquitos |
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The municipality of San José de Chiquitos is a district in the Santa Cruz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of San José de Chiquitos is one of three municipalities in the province of Chiquitos and includes its central area. It borders the province of José Miguel de Velasco to the north, the municipality of Pailón to the west, the province of Cordillera to the south, the municipality of Roboré to the southwest , and the province of Ángel Sandoval to the east .
The municipality extends between about 17 ° 00 'and 18 ° 30' south latitude and 59 ° 15 'and 61 ° 40' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 250 kilometers, from north to south up to 160 kilometers .
The municipality comprises 49 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the city of San José de Chiquitos with 11,874 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the central part of the district.
geography
The municipality of San José de Chiquitos is located in the Chiquitos hill country of eastern Bolivia. The climate is semi-humid, the average humidity is 68 percent.
The annual average temperature is around 25 ° C, with monthly average temperatures between just under 28 ° C in October and November and below 22 ° C in June (see climate diagram San José de Chiquitos). The annual precipitation is about 900 mm, the dry season from July to September contrasts with a pronounced wet season from November to March.
population
The population of the municipality of San José has doubled in the two decades between 1992 and 2012:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 14 318 | census |
| 2001 | 16 599 | census |
| 2012 | 28 922 | census |
| 2017 | 38 765 | Update |
The population density at the last census of 2012 was 1.3 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 15 years of age had increased from 88.8 percent ( 1992 ) to 93.4 percent ( 2001 ). The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 67.1 years, and infant mortality had fallen from 5.9 percent ( 1992 ) to 5.0 percent ( 2001 ).
82.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 1.7 percent speak Quechua , 1.3 percent speak Aymara , and 16.5 percent speak a foreign mother tongue. ( 2001 )
46.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 12.0 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )
56.7 percent of 2,893 households have a radio, 40.1 percent a television, 34.9 percent a bicycle, 4.0 percent a motorcycle, 11.3 percent a car, 36.6 percent a refrigerator, and 6.7 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 | CHINO | MAS-IPSP | FRENTE | TODOS | ||
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| 8,195 | 6,957 | 6,079 | 2,701 | 1,379 | 1,329 | 670 | ||
| 84.9% | 87.4% | 44.4% | 22.7% | 21.9% | 11.0% |
structure
The municipality of San José was subdivided in the 2001 census in the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón San José de Chiquitos - 16 vicecantones - 36 municipalities - 14,325 inhabitants
- Cantón San Juan de Taperas - 12 vicecantones - 13 parishes - 2,274 inhabitants
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.
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2011
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio San José de Chiquitos - General Maps No. 70501
- Municipio San José de Chiquitos - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.59 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )