Magdalena Municipality, Beni
The municipality of Magdalena is a district in the department of Beni in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality of Magdalena is the northern of the three Municipalities of the province Iténez. It is bordered to the west by the province Mamoré, to the south by the municipality of Huacaraje, in the southeast and east by the municipality of Baures, and to the north by the Republic of Brazil.
The largest town and administrative center in the municipality is the town of Magdalena with 4,379 inhabitants ( 2001) in the southwestern part of the municipality. The second largest town is Bella Vista with 2,017 inhabitants ( 2001).
Geography
The municipality of Magdalena is located in the Bolivian lowlands almost one hundred kilometers south-west of the border with Brazil. The air in the room Magdalena is characterized by a typical for the tropics balanced temperature curve with only minor fluctuations. The annual mean temperature is close to 27 ° C, the monthly values vary between 25 ° C in June / July and 28 ° C in the month of October. The annual rainfall is over 1,400 mm, with a clear moisture from November to March and a dry season during the months of June to August.
Population
The number of inhabitants in the municipality has increased in the last two decades by about half:
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 0.7 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 64.5 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 70.2 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 91.1 percent, and 94.0 percent, although in men and 87.9 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Cantons
The municipality is divided into the following three cantons ( cantones ):
- Cantón Magdalena - 6,592 inhabitants ( 2001)
- Cantón Orobayaya - 3,154 inhabitants
- Cantón Versalles - 162 inhabitants