Municipio Santa Rosa del Abuná

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Municipio Santa Rosa del Abuná
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density
2395 inhabitants (2012 census)
1 inhabitant / km²
Post Code 09-0401
Telephone code (+591)
surface 4,440 km²
height 195  m
Coordinates 10 ° 45 ′  S , 67 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 10 ° 45 ′  S , 67 ° 18 ′  W
Municipio Santa Rosa del Abuná (Bolivia)
Municipio Santa Rosa del Abuná
Municipio Santa Rosa del Abuná
politics

Department Pando
province Abuná Province
Central place Santa Rosa del Abuná
mayor Edgar Lopez Limpias (ADN)
Location of the municipality in the department of Pando
Location of the municipality in the department of Pando
climate
Climate diagram Riberalta
Climate diagram Riberalta

The municipality of Santa Rosa del Abuná 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 Santa Rosa del Abuná is one of two municipalities in the province of Abuná and includes its western area. It borders the Republic of Brazil to the north, the municipality Bella Flor in the province of Nicolás Suárez to the north-west and west , the municipality of Puerto Rico in the province of Manuripi to the south , and the municipality of Ingavi to the east .

The municipality extends between about 10 ° 15 'and 11 ° 05' south latitude and 67 ° 01 'and 67 ° 38' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 70 kilometers and from north to south up to 80 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 63 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Santa Rosa del Abuná with 232 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the northern edge of the district.

geography

The municipality of Santa Rosa del Abuná 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 Riberalta climate diagram). 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 municipality of Santa Rosa del Abuná has increased by about half in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 1,575 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 2,097 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 2,395 inhabitants (census)

The population density at the census of 2012 was 0.5 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age had increased from 43.6 percent ( 1992 ) to 57.1 percent ( 2001 ). The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.5 years, and infant mortality had fallen from 11.8 percent ( 1992 ) to 6.9 percent in 2001.

50.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 1.9 percent speak Quechua , 1.5 percent speak Aymara , and 49.3 percent speak a non-Bolivian language, mainly immigrants from neighboring Brazil . ( 2001 )

81.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 53.2 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

68.0 percent of the 278 households have a radio, 15.1 percent a television, 20.1 percent a bicycle, 4.0 percent a motorcycle, 2.5 percent a car, 5.0 percent a refrigerator, and 0.4 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 CP
650   552 479   331 148
  84.9% 86.8%   69.1% 30.9%

structure

The municipality of Santa Rosa del Abuná consisted in the census of 2012 of the following two cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Santa Rosa del Abuná

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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