Rurrenabaque Municipality

The municipality Rurrenabaque is a district in the department of Beni in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Rurrenabaque is one of four Municipalities of the province Ballivián and is located in the southwestern part of the province. It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Reyes, in the west and southwest by the La Paz Department, and to the east by the municipality of San Borja.

Largest city and central location of the district is the town of Rurrenabaque with 8,460 inhabitants ( 2001) in the northwestern corner of the municipios.

Geography

The municipality Rurrenabaque is located on the western edge of the Moxos level, with more than 100,000 km ², one of the largest wetlands in the world; dominant vegetation type in the Moxos level is the tropical savannah. The climate in the region Rurrenabaque is tropical hot and humid all year round, but it can be in winter by the Surazo ( cold wind from the south) are relatively cool. The annual rainfall is about 2,000 mm, with monthly rainfall of about 300 mm in January and February, and less than 100 mm in the months of August to September. The monthly average temperature all year is between 23 ° C and 28 ° C.

Population

The population of the province José Ballivián has doubled in the past two decades about:

The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 4.8 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 61.9 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.3 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 87.1 percent, and 91.4 percent, although in men and 81.8 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality consists only of a single State, the Cantón Rurrenabaque, with a total of 41 localities ( Localidades ).