Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma
| Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma | |||
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 Ruta 8 north of Santa Rosa de Yacuma |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
9395 inhabitants (2012 census) 1 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 08-0303 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 9,706 km² | ||
| Coordinates | 13 ° 0 ′ S , 66 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Beni | ||
| province | Ballivián Province | ||
| Central place | Santa Rosa | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Rurrenabaque |
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The municipality of Santa Rosa de Yacuma (short: Santa Rosa ) is a district in the Beni department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Santa Rosa is one of four municipalities in the province of Ballivián and is located in the northeastern part of the province. It borders on the municipality of Reyes to the west, the municipality of San Borja to the south, the province of Yacuma to the east , and the province of Vaca Díez to the north .
The largest town and administrative center in the municipality is the city of Santa Rosa with 4,727 inhabitants ( 2001 ) in the southern part of the municipality.
Waters
The Río Yacuma flows through the municipality in the southern part from west to east , in the central part from west to east the Río Yata , and in the west on the border with the municipality Reyes in the north of the Río Biata . In the southwest of the province on the border with the Municipio Reyes is the freshwater lake Laguna Rogagua .
geography
The municipality of Santa Rosa is located east of the Cordillera Oriental in the Bolivian lowlands between the river systems of the Río Beni and the Río Mamoré , which flow north into the Amazon lowlands.
The climate of the region is tropical and humid all year round , the monthly rainfall reaches values between 200 and 300 mm from December to March (see climate diagram Rurrenabaque). The annual average temperature is 26 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 23 ° C in June / July and just under 28 ° C in November / December.
population
The population of the Municipio Santa Rosa has increased by around 50 percent in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 7,212 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 9,016 inhabitants (census)
- 2010 : 9,395 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality was at the last census in 2012 at 0.97 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 50.3 percent.
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 66.1 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 87.6 percent, 91.9 percent for men and 82.8 percent for women. ( 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 | MNR-PUEBLO | PRIMERO | MAS-IPSP | ||
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| 3,768 | 3,392 | 3,102 | 1,712 | 872 | 518 | ||
| 90.0% | 91.5% | 55.2% | 28.1% | 16.7% |
structure
The municipality consists of only one canton (cantón):
Localities in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Yacuma
- Santa Rosa de Yacuma Canton
- Santa Rosa de Yacuma pop 4727 - El Triunfo pop 454 - Comunidad Australia pop 373 - El Cerrito pop 273 - El Rosario pop 248 - Ponton Santa Teresa del Yata pop 55
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (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 Santa Rosa de Yacuma - General Maps No. 80303
- Municipio Santa Rosa de Yacuma - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.71 MB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Beni - social data of the provinces and municipalities ( Spanish ) (PDF; 3.82 MB)