Monteagudo Municipality

The municipality Monteagudo is a district in the department of Chuquisaca in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Monteagudo is one of two Municipalities of the province of Hernando Siles and comprises the northern area. It is bordered on the northwest by the province Tomina, on the west by the province Azurduy, on the southwest by the province of Nor Cinti and the province of Sud Cinti, to the south by the municipality of Huacareta, and on the east by the province of Luis Calvo.

The municipality extends approximately between 19 ° 28 'and 20 ° 32' south latitude and 63 ° 49 'and 64 ° 20 ' west longitude, its extension from west to east is up to 50 km, from north to south up to 100 km.

The municipality comprises 138 municipalities ( Localidades ), central location of the municipality is the town of Monteagudo with 7,285 inhabitants ( 2001 census ) in the northern part of the county. Other major towns in the municipality are Candua with 1,805 inhabitants and San Juan del Pirai with 625 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality is located in the humid Monteagudo, subandinen Chaco of Bolivia on the edge of the south-eastern foothills of the Bolivian Cordillera Central. In the months of May to September, in the space Monteagudo a pronounced dry season during the months of December to February are characterized by some heavy rainfall. The average annual temperature is 22 ° C (see climate chart Monteagudo), the monthly values ​​vary between 17 ° C in June and nearly 25 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is about 700 mm, with monthly values ​​below 20 mm from May to September, maximum values ​​of 120 to 130 mm from December to February.

Population

The population of the municipality of Monteagudo has increased by about 15 percent over the past two decades:

The population density at the last census in 2001 was 7.9 inhabitants / km ², the literacy rate for those over 15 years was 73.7 percent. The life expectancy of newborns was 66.1 years, the infant mortality rate was 8.2 percent (1992 ) declined to 5.6 percent in 2001.

98.8 percent of the population speak Spanish, 12.0 percent speak Quechua, Guaraní and 3.1 percent. (2001)

67.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 59.9 percent have no sanitary facilities ( 2001).

67.9 percent of the 5,399 households have a radio, 26.0 percent have a television, 24.8 percent a bicycle, a motorcycle 1.7 percent, 8.2 percent, a car, a refrigerator 15.5 percent, and 7.8 percent a telephone. (2001)

Policy

Structure

The municipality Monteagudo is divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):

• Canton Monteagudo - 105 congregations - 21 202 inhabitants ( 2001)
• Canton of San Juan del Pirai - 33 municipalities - 5,302 inhabitants