Municipio San Pedro (Santa Cruz)
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| Population (state) - population density |
19,103 inhabitants (2012 census) 3 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 07-1005 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 7,000 km² | ||
| height | 220 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 27 ′ S , 63 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Obispo Santistevan Province | ||
| Central place | San Pedro | ||
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 Climate diagram San Pedro |
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The municipality of San Pedro is a district in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of San Pedro is one of five municipalities in the province of Obispo Santistevan . It borders the province of Guarayos to the northeast and north , the province of Ichilo to the northwest , the province of Sara to the southwest , the municipality of Mineros and the municipality of Fernández Alonso to the south, and the province of Ñuflo de Chavez to the southeast . It stretches for about 200 kilometers from northwest to southeast with a mean width of 35 kilometers.
The central place of the municipality is the country town of San Pedro with 4,094 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the southwestern edge of the municipality.
geography
The municipality of San Pedro is located in the tropical humid climate in front of the eastern edge of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental . The region has only been opened up in the last few decades and was covered by subtropical rainforest before colonization , but is now mostly cultivated land .
The mean average temperature of the region is almost 25 ° C (see climate diagram San Pedro), the monthly values fluctuate between 21 ° C in June / July and 26 to 27 ° C from October to March. The annual precipitation is almost 1500 mm, the monthly precipitation is abundant and lies between 50 mm in July and 250 mm in January.
population
The population of the municipality of San Pedro has almost doubled over the past two decades:
- 1992 : 10,267 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 14,644 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 19,103 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2012 was 2.7 inhabitants / km².
The infant mortality rate was 6.8 per cent ( 1992 declined) to 5.8 percent in 2001, the literacy rate among the over six-year-olds of 76.4 percent ( in 1992 rose) to 86.0 percent.
94.1 percent of the population speak Spanish , 41.5 percent speak Quechua , 0.8 percent Guaraní , and 0.4 percent Aymara .
91.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 49.8 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )
94.4 percent of 2038 households have a radio, 48.4 percent a television, 98.4 percent a bicycle, 9.9 percent a motorcycle, 13.9 percent a car, 26.2 percent a refrigerator, and 4.5 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 | TODOS | FA | ||
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| 5,752 | 4,735 | 3,935 | 2,657 | 591 | 349 | 338 | ||
| 82.3% | 83.1% | 67.5% | 15.0% | 8.9% | 8.6% |
structure
The municipality of San Pedro is not further subdivided into cantons , the most important localities of the municipality besides San Pedro are:
- Hardeman - 2.848 inhabitants ( 2001 )
- Sagrado Corazón - 1,490 inhabitants
- San José del Norte - 985 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio San Pedro - General Maps No. 71005
- Municipio San Pedro - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.66 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.12 MB) ( Spanish )