Municipio of San Pedro de Buena Vista

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Municipio of San Pedro de Buena Vista
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density
30,012 inhabitants (2012 census)
14 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05-0501
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,219 km²
height 3300  m
Coordinates 18 ° 19 ′  S , 65 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 19 ′  S , 65 ° 58 ′  W
Municipio San Pedro de Buena Vista (Bolivia)
Municipio of San Pedro de Buena Vista
Municipio of San Pedro de Buena Vista
politics

Department Potosí
province Charcas Province
Central place San Pedro de Buena Vista
Location of the Municipio San Pedro in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio San Pedro
in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Torotoro
Climate diagram Torotoro

The municipality of San Pedro de Buena Vista is a district in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of San Pedro de Buena Vista is one of two municipalities in the province of Charcas and borders in the east with the municipality Toro Toro , in the north with the province Bernardino Bilbao , and in the northwest with the province Alonso de Ibáñez , in the southwest with the province Rafael Bustillo , in the south to the province of Chayanta , and in the southeast to the department of Cochabamba .

The central place of the district is San Pedro de Buena Vista with 1,131 inhabitants (2012 census) in the northern half of the municipality.

geography

The municipality of San Pedro de Buena Vista is located in the Bolivian Cordillera Central in the transition area to the Bolivian lowlands.

The mean average temperature of the valley regions is around 18 ° C (see Torotoro climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between almost 15 ° C in June and July and a good 20 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is about 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to August with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 100 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the municipality of San Pedro de Buena Vista has increased by more than a third in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 22,005 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 27,639 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 30,012 inhabitants (census)

The life expectancy of newborns is 49 years, the literacy rate for those over 15 years of age is only 54 percent, and the proportion of the urban population in the municipality is 0 percent. ( 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 MOP
8,808   6,744 4,746   3,415 1,331
  76.6% 70.4%   72.0% 28.0%

structure

In the 2012 census, the municipality was divided into the following six cantons :

Localities in the municipality of San Pedro

Individual evidence

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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