Municipio Saipina

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Municipio Saipina
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		7,390 inhabitants (2012 census)
15 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07-1302
Telephone code (+591)
surface 481 km²
height 2000  m
Coordinates 18 ° 2 ′  S , 64 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 2 ′  S , 64 ° 39 ′  W
Municipio Saipina (Bolivia)
Municipio Saipina
Municipio Saipina
politics

Department Santa Cruz
province Manuel María Caballero Province
Central place Saipina
climate
Climate diagram Saipina
Climate diagram Saipina

The municipality of Saipina is a district in the Santa Cruz department in the lowlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Saipina is one of two counties ( Bolivian : Municipios ) in the province of Manuel María Caballero . It borders the Departamento Cochabamba to the west and southwest and the Municipio Comarapa to the east and north .

The municipality is between 17 ° 52 'and 18 ° 12' south latitude and 64 ° 30 'and 64 ° 50' west longitude, it extends about 20 kilometers in north-south and also 20 kilometers in east-west direction. The central place of the municipality is the city of Saipina with 4,090 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the southwestern edge of the municipality.

geography

The municipality of Saipina is located on the southeastern edge of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range , which forms the transition from the Bolivian lowlands to the high mountain ranges of the Andes. The climate is semarid and a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.

The annual average temperature is around 26 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between 23 ° C in July and 28 ° C from November to January (see Comarapa climate diagram). The annual precipitation is a little more than 500 mm and only reaches monthly values ​​of just over 100 mm in the summer months in January and February; however, the dry season with values ​​well below 30 mm from April to October is relatively long.

population

The population of the Municipio Saipina has increased by about half in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 4,228 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 5,350 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 6,220 inhabitants (update)

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 15.4 inhabitants / km². The life expectancy of newborns was 61.5 years and infant mortality had fallen from 9.2 percent ( 1992 ) to 7.3 percent in 2001.

The level of literacy among those over the age of 6 has risen from 81.0 percent ( 1992 ) to 87.0 percent. 96.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 34.2 percent speak Quechua , and 2.3 percent speak Aymara .

51.4 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 47.1 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

73.9 percent of 1,205 households have a radio, 35.9 percent a television, 53.6 percent a bicycle, 6.62 percent a motorcycle, 9.5 percent a car, 12.4 percent a refrigerator, and 0.7 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 VERDES
2,392   2,038 1,598   956 642
  85.2% 78.4%   59.8% 40.2%

structure

The municipality of Saipina is divided into the following three cantons :

  • Cantón Chilón - 5 vicecantones - 13 municipalities - 1,787 inhabitants
  • Cantón Oconi - 2 vicecantones - 3 parishes - 313 inhabitants
  • Cantón Saipina - 4 vicecantones - 6 municipalities - 3,250 inhabitants

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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