Municipio Villa Nueva

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Municipio Villa Nueva
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density
3275 population (2012 census)
1 population / km²
Post Code 09-0502-02
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,826 km²
height 165  m
Coordinates 10 ° 40 ′  S , 66 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 10 ° 40 ′  S , 66 ° 5 ′  W
Municipio Villa Nueva (Bolivia)
Municipio Villa Nueva
Municipio Villa Nueva
politics

Department Pando
province Federico Román Province
Central place Loma Alta
mayor Lino Mercie Bate (PASO)
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 Villa Nueva 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 Villa Nueva is one of three municipalities in the province of Federico Román and includes its southern area. It is bordered to the west by the municipality of Ingavi in the province of Abuná , to the south by the municipality of San Pedro in the province of Manuripi , to the east by the department of Beni , to the northeast by the municipality of Nueva Esperanza , and to the north by the municipality of Santos Mercado .

The municipality extends between about 10 ° 30 'and 10 ° 51' south latitude and 65 ° 34 'and 66 ° 29' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 100 kilometers, from north to south up to 35 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 29 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village of Loma Alta with 646 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the southern edge of the district.

geography

The municipality of Villa Nueva is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin in the northeast corner of the country near the border with Brazil.

The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 25 ° C in May and 27 to 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 Municipio Villa Nueva has increased fourfold in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 809 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 993 inhabitants (census)
  • 2010 : 3,275 inhabitants (census)

The population density at the last census of 2012 was 1.2 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age had improved from 77.3 percent ( 1992 ) to 88.7 percent ( 2001 ). The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 51.6 years, the infant mortality had decreased from 18.1 percent ( 1992 ) to 11.4 percent in 2001.

The population speaks 100 percent Spanish , 0.3 percent speak Quechua , and 0.3 percent speak Guaraní . ( 2001 )

98.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 49.2 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

71.4 percent of 185 households have a radio, 0.5 percent a television, 37.3 percent a bicycle, 7.0 percent a motorcycle, 0.5 percent a car, 0 percent a refrigerator, and 0 percent a telephone. ( 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 CP PASO MAS-IPSP
731   651 522   188 176 158
  89.1% 80.2%   36.0% 33.7% 30.3%

structure

The municipality Villanueva was in the census 2012 of the following three cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Villa Nueva

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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