Orinoca Canton

The Canton Orinoca is an administrative district in the department of Oruro in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The Cantón Orinoca is located in the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Andamarca in the province of Sud Carangas at an average altitude of 3800 m on the western shore of the lake Poopó, 180 kilometers south of Oruro. It has a north-south and east- west distance of 35 kilometers.

Geography

The Canton Orinaca located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and west of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central. The region is characterized by a pronounced diurnal climate where the temperatures between day and night fluctuate more than in the average year.

The mean average temperature of the region is 7.4 ° C (see climate chart Corque ), the average monthly temperatures range from 3 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C from November to March. The annual rainfall is only 300 mm; April to October there is a pronounced dry season, with monthly rainfall of less than 10 mm, only from December to March rainfall month fall from 40 to 75 mm.

Population

The population of the canton rose from 1,259 inhabitants ( census 1992) by 34.0% to 1,687 inhabitants ( 2001), the proportion of the urban population is 0%. In 1992, the proportion of under 15 -year-old was in the total population of the district 44.9 %, the literacy rate was 77.7 %.

Hauptidiom of the Cantons is Aymara, spoken by 97 % of the population, followed by 76.7 % Spanish and Quechua with 43.3%.

71.4 % of the population are Roman Catholic, 17.5% Protestant.

The Bolivian President Evo Morales comes from the village Isallawi in Cantón Orinoca.

Standard of living

97.5 % of households have no sanitary facilities, 100 % of households without electricity (1992).

Economy and Transport

The population of the canton of lives predominantly from agricultural crops ( potatoes, wheat, corn, onions) and extensive livestock ( llama and vicuna ). Orinoca is only accessible via road links, the Cantón Capital Orinoca is approached twice weekly by a bus.

Structure

The Cantón is divided into the following sub- cantons ( vicecantones ) and towns ( Localidades ), in parentheses, the respective population is given in 2001:

  • Orinoca (Para Torre ) ( 1081 ) Comunidad Agua Cruz ( 67)
  • Comunidad Ancorcaya (202 )
  • Lagiloma (12)
  • Estancia Lloco (94 )
  • Estancia Mara Mara (146 )
  • Orinoca (163 )
  • Comunidad Para Torre ( 7)
  • Estancia Pucarani (59 )
  • Tola Loma ( 1)
  • Estancia Tunavi (87 )
  • Estancia Ichucollo (18 )
  • Calavillca (159)
  • Chauca (66 )
  • Ayllu Ichura 107
  • Chihuo 60
  • Estancia Pataquiri 82
  • Comunidad Rosa Pata 179
  • Lagiloma 27
  • Tola Loma 59
  • Ucumasi (47)
  • San Cristobal De Pallini (45 )
Departamento Oruro Department Sud Carangas Province Cantons of Bolivia Municipios of Bolivia Oruro, Bolivia Cordillera Central (Bolivia) Aymara language Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
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