Municipio of San Pedro de Quemes
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 Hedionda Lake in the municipality of San Pedro |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
1060 inhabitants (2012 census) 0 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 05-0902 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 4,291 km² | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 3 ′ S , 68 ° 18 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Lípez Province | ||
| Central place | San Pedro de Quemes | ||
 Location of the municipality of San Pedro de Quemes in the Department of Potosí |
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| climate | |||
 Avaroa climate diagram |
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The municipality of San Pedro de Quemes is a district in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
San Pedro de Quemes is one of two municipalities in the Nor Lípez province and connects to the Salar de Uyuni salt lake in the south . It borders in the north on the province of Daniel Campos , in the west on the Republic of Chile , and in the south and east on the Municipio Colcha "K" . It stretches for about 135 kilometers in a north-south and over 80 kilometers in an east-west direction.
The central place of the district is San Pedro de Quemes with 555 inhabitants ( 2012 ) on the northern edge of the municipality.
geography
The municipality of San Pedro de Quemes is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Lípez in the southeast.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 8 ° C, the annual precipitation is only 70 mm (see climate diagram Avaroa). The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 4 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C from December to February. Significant monthly precipitation of 30 mm per month only falls in the months of January and February, the rest of the year is almost free of precipitation.
population
The small population of the municipality of San Pedro de Quemes has almost doubled over the past two decades:
- 1992 : 587 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 815 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 1,060 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 0.25 inhabitants / km². The proportion of the urban population is 0 percent, the proportion of the population aged under 15 is 43.6 percent.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 92 percent, 96 percent for men and 86 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 98 percent is Spanish , 33 percent of the population speak Quechua ; 93 percent of the population are Catholic, 3 percent Protestant.
The life expectancy of newborns is 62 years. 98 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 99 percent live without sanitary facilities.
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 | MSM | ||
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| 305 | 258 | 235 | 132 | 103 | ||
| 84.6% | 91.1% | 56.2% | 43.8% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following three cantons :
- 05-0902-01 Canton of San Pedro de Quemes - 14 villages - 952 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
- 05-0902-04 Canton Pajancha - 1 village - 60 inhabitants
- 05-0902-05 Canton Avaroa - 1 village - 48 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of San Pedro de Quemes
- Canton of San Pedro de Quemes
- San Pedro de Quemes 555 pop - Chiguana 21 pop
- Canton of Pajancha
- Pajancha 60 pop.
- Canton of Avaroa
- Avaroa 48 pop.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio San Pedro - General Maps No. 50902
- Municipio San Pedro - detailed map and population data (PDF; 981 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )