Omereque Municipality
The municipality Omereque is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Omereque is one of three Municipalities of the province Campero. It is bordered on the southwest by the municipality of Aiquile, on the southeast by the municipality of Pasorapa, in the north- east by the department of Santa Cruz, and in the north and north-west by the province of Carrasco.
The central location of the municipality is Omereque with 885 inhabitants ( 2001) in the central part of the county.
Geography
The municipality Omereque lies between the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central. The climate is characterized by a typical diurnal climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night is greater than between seasons.
The average annual temperature of the region is about 20 ° C (see climate chart ), the monthly average values between 17.5 ° C in July and 22 ° C vary from October to February. The annual rainfall is 500 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October, monthly values below 20 mm, and a brief humidity from December to February, about 100 mm per month.
Population
The population of the municipality Omereque has risen in the past two decades by almost half:
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 6.9 inhabitants / km ², the percentage of urban population is 0.0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.0 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 74.5 percent, and 84.4 percent, although in men and 63.4 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality Omereque is divided into the following six cantons ( cantones ):
- Chari Chari cantón
- Cantón Ele Ele
- Cantón Huanacuni Grande
- Cantón Omereque
- Peña Colorada cantón
- Cantón Perereta