Municipio Urubichá

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Municipio Urubichá
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		7026 population (2012 census)
1 population / km²
Post Code 07-1502
Telephone code (+591)
surface 13,695 km²
height 200  m
Coordinates 15 ° 0 ′  S , 63 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 0 ′  S , 63 ° 0 ′  W
Municipio Urubichá (Bolivia)
Municipio Urubichá
Municipio Urubichá
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Guarayos Province
Central place Urubichá
climate
Climate diagram Urubichá
Climate diagram Urubichá

The Municipio Urubichá is a district in the Santa Cruz Department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Urubichá is one of three Municipios in the Guarayos Province . It borders on the Beni department to the north, the Ascención de Guarayos municipality to the west and south , and the Ñuflo de Chávez province to the east . It extends for about 200 kilometers in a north-south and over 110 kilometers in an east-west direction.

The central place of the municipality is Urubichá with 3,302 inhabitants ( 2001 ) on the southern edge of the municipality.

geography

The municipality of Urubichá is located in the Moxos plain ( Bolivian : Llanos de Moxos), a more than 100,000 km² flood savannah in the northern lowlands of Bolivia. The region's climate is a semi-humid climate of the warm tropics .

The mean average temperature of the region is around 25 ° C (see Urubichá climate diagram) and varies only marginally between 22 ° C in June and July and 27 ° C from October to February. The annual precipitation is about 1,150 mm, with a weak dry season from June to September with monthly precipitation below 45 mm, and a significant humidity period from November to March with monthly precipitation between 140 and 200 mm.

population

The population of the Municipio Urubichá has increased by around half in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 4,731 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 5,960 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 7,026 inhabitants (update)

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 0.5 inhabitants / km². The life expectancy of newborns is 68.1 years. ( 2001 )

The literacy rate among those over the age of 19 has fallen from 85.9 percent ( 1992 ) to 92.7 percent. Although 48.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 91.0 percent speak indigenous languages ; in addition, 0.6 percent speak Quechua and 0.4 percent Aymara .

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 GH TODOS FA MSM
2,649   2,429 1.963   712 691 239 191 130
  91.7% 80.8%   36.3% 35.2% 12.2% 9.7% 6.6%

structure

In the last census of 2012, the municipality was divided into the following three cantons :

  • 07-1502-01 Cantón Urubichá - 22 towns - 3,533 inhabitants
  • 07-1502-02 Cantón Mision Monseñor Salvatierra - 1 village - 210 inhabitants
  • 07-1502-03 Cantón Yaguarú - 3 towns - 2,452 inhabitants

Localities in the Municipio Urubichá

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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