Chimoré Municipality

The municipality Chimoré is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Chimoré is one of six Municipalities of the province of Carrasco. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Chapare, to the southwest by the province Tiraque, to the south by the municipality of Totora, on the southeast by the municipality of Puerto Villarroel, and on the east by the department of Santa Cruz.

The central location of the municipality is Chimoré with 3,874 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) in the southern part of the municipality.

Geography

The municipality is located in Chimoré Bolivian lowlands on the northern edge of the Cordillera Oriental. The climate is tropical with a pronounced diurnal climate where the temperature variations during the day be stronger than during the year.

The average annual temperature in the long-term average is just under 27 ° C (see climate chart Villa Tunari ), the monthly temperatures range from just over 23 ° C in July and nearly 29 ° C in December and January. The annual precipitation of 2,300 mm has a distinct rainy season from October to April, with monthly rainfall 160-380 mm.

Population

The population of the municipality Chimoré has risen in the past two decades to nearly three times:

The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 5.7 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population was 25.4 percent, the life expectancy of newborns was 57.8 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 83.4 percent, and 91.0 percent, although in men and 70.8 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality is not further subdivided into cantons ( cantones ), it consists only of the Cantón Chimoré.