Arbieto Municipality
The municipality Arbieto is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location
The municipality Arbieto is one of four Municipalities of the province of Esteban Arce. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Cercado, on the west by the province Capinota, to the south by the municipality of Tarata, on the east by the province of Germán Jordán, and in the north east of the province of Chapare.
The central location of the municipality is Arbieto with 1,347 inhabitants in the eastern part of the municipality. (2001)
Geography
The municipality Arbieto is in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The mean average temperature of the region is about 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and varies only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. Annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a humidity season from December to February 90 to 120 mm month precipitation.
Population
The population of the municipality Arbieto has risen in the past two decades by about 40 percent:
Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Arbieto 92.4 % of the population speak the Quechua language.
The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 71.1 inhabitants / km ², the percentage of urban population is 0.0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.4 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 76.6 percent, and 91.1 percent, although in men and 65.0 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality Arbieto is divided into the following three cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Arbieto
- Cantón Aranjuez
- Cantón Arpita