Porco Municipality

The municipality Porco is a district in the Potosí Department in the highlands of South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality Porco is one of three Municipalities in the province Antonio Quijarro and is bordered to the north by the province of Tomás Frías, on the east by the province of José María Linares, and to the south and west by the municipality of Tomave.

The central location of the municipality is the town with 2,321 inhabitants Porco ( 2001), which is located in the center of the district.

Geography

The municipality Porco is on the altiplano in the central Bolivia between the Cordillera de chichas in the southwest and the Cordillera Central in the northeast.

The mean average temperature of the region is about 11 ° C (see climate chart Potosí ), the average monthly temperatures range from 8 ° C in June / July and about 13 ° C from November to March. The annual rainfall is only 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October month rainfall between 0 and 15 mm, and a short time humidity from December to February with monthly rainfall of over 70 mm.

Population

The population of the municipality of Porco has risen in the past two decades by about 15 percent:

The population density of the municipality was 5.2 inhabitants / km ² at the 2001 census, the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns is 61 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 80 percent, and that 91 percent of men and 71 percent in women.

Policy

Structure

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

  • Cantón Churcuita
  • Cantón Condoriri
  • Cantón Karma
  • Cantón Porco
Departamento Antonio Quijarro Province Municipios of Bolivia Tomave Municipality Cordillera Central (Bolivia) Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Social Alliance Cantons of Bolivia
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