Municipio San Lorenzo (Pando)

Municipio San Lorenzo
Basic data
Population (state) - population density	7652 inhabitants (2012 census) 2 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	09-0302
Telephone code	(+591)
surface	3,086 km²
height	170  m
Coordinates	11 ° 35 ′  S , 66 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 35 ′  S , 66 ° 50 ′  W
Municipio San Lorenzo
politics
Department	Pando
province	Madre de Dios province
Central place	San Lorenzo
mayor	Malerto Robledo Ramos (ADN)
Location of the municipality in the department of Pando
climate
Climate diagram Riberalta

The municipality of San Lorenzo is a district in the Pando department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of San Lorenzo is one of three municipalities in the province of Madre de Dios and includes its central area. It is bordered by the municipality of San Pedro to the north, by the municipality of Sena to the west, by the department of La Paz to the south, by the department of Beni to the east and by the municipality of Puerto Gonzales Moreno to the northeast .

The municipality extends between about 11 ° 05 'and 12 ° 29' south latitude and 66 ° 30 'and 67 ° 01' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 55 kilometers, from north to south up to 120 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 42 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of San Lorenzo with 101 inhabitants in the western part of the district. The largest towns are Blanca Flor with 1,306 inhabitants and Trinidacito with 619 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of San Lorenzo is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin in the northern part of the country near the border with Brazil.

The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C and fluctuates only marginally between 25 ° C in May and 27-28 ° C from December to February (see climate diagram Riberalta). The annual precipitation is about 1,300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from June to August with monthly precipitation below 20 mm, and a humidity period from December to January with monthly precipitation of more than 200 mm.

population

The population of the Municipio San Lorenzo has increased two and a half times over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 3,067 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 3,471 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 7,652 inhabitants (census)

The population density in the 2012 census was 2.5 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age had increased from 82.9 percent ( 1992 ) to 84.9 percent ( 2001 ). The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 57.9 years, the infant mortality had increased from 6.5 percent ( 1992 ) to 8.8 percent in 2001.

99.8 percent of the population speak Spanish , 5.3 percent speak indigenous languages . ( 2001 )

78.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 49.3 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

63.7 percent of the 586 households have a radio, 4.3 percent a television, 36 percent a bicycle, 5.8 percent a motorcycle, 3.6 percent a car, 1.4 percent a refrigerator, and 0 percent a telephone. ( 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		CP	MAS-IPSP
1,907		1,749	1,527		905	622
		91.7%	87.3%		59.3%	40.7%

structure

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

• 09-0302-01 Canton Exaltación (San Lorenzo) - 25 municipalities - 5,137 inhabitants ( 2001 : 2,558 inhabitants)
• 09-0302-02 Canton Chorrillos - 8 municipalities - 1,440 inhabitants ( 2001 : 544 inhabitants)
• 09-0302-03 Canton of Fortaleza - 9 municipalities - 1,075 inhabitants ( 2001 : 369 inhabitants)

Localities in the municipality of San Lorenzo

• Canton of Exaltación
  • Blanca Flor 1306 pop - Trinidacito 619 pop - San Lorenzo 101 pop .

• Canton of Chorrillos
  • Naranjal 426 pop.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MiraBolivia: Autoridades
2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
4. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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. 
5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

Web links

• Municipio San Lorenzo - General Maps No. 90302
• Municipio San Lorenzo - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.09 MB) ( Spanish )
• Departamento Pando - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 2.42 MB) ( Spanish )