Pojo Municipality

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

Location in near space

The municipality Pojo is one of six Municipalities of the province of Carrasco. It is bordered to the west by the municipality of Totora, to the south by the province Campero, on the southeast by the Department of Santa Cruz, on the east by the municipality of Entre Ríos, and to the north by the municipality of Puerto Villarroel and the municipality Chimoré.

The central location of the municipality is Pojo with 706 inhabitants in the southern part of the municipality. (2001)

Geography

The municipality Pojo located on the southeastern edge of the mountain range of the Cordillera Oriental, which forms the transition from the Bolivian lowlands to the high mountain ranges of the Andes. The climate is mild temperate climate and a typical time of day in which the temperature differences between day and night are more pronounced than between seasons.

The average annual temperature is 20 ° C and varies only slightly between 17 ° C in July and nearly 22 ° C in November and December. The annual precipitation of 640 mm has a sufficient amount for agriculture and reaches in the summer months from December to February month values ​​between 100 and 125 mm; the dry season, with values ​​significantly lower than 40 mm from April to October, however, is relatively long.

Population

In 2004, the municipality of Entre Ríos was cleaved from the original municipality of Pojo. The population of the municipality of Pojo has risen sharply in the past two decades:

The population density of the entire municipios was 7.0 inhabitants / km ² in 2001, the proportion of the urban population was 17.7 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 59.0 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years was 77.4 percent, and 87.1 percent, although in men and 65.2 percent of women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality Pojo is divided into nine cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón Chalguani
  • Cantón Chuquiomo
  • Cantón Duraznillo
  • Cantón Guarayos
  • Cantón Mamoré
  • Cantón Palca
  • Cantón Pojo
  • Cantón Real
  • Cantón Rodeo
Departamento Cochabamba Department Carrasco Province (Bolivia) Pojo (Cochabamba) Municipios of Bolivia Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Puerto Villarroel Municipality Cordillera Oriental (Bolivia) Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Cantons of Bolivia
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