Puerto Siles Municipality
The municipality of Puerto Siles is a district in the department of Beni in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality of Puerto Siles is one of three Municipalities of the province Mamoré and lies in the northwestern part of the province. It is bordered to the west by the province Yacuma, to the south and east by the municipality of San Joaquín, and to the north by the province Vaca Díez.
The second largest town and administrative center of the province is Puerto Siles with 279 inhabitants ( 2001) in the southern strip of the municipality.
Geography
The municipality is located in the Puerto Siles Moxos level, with more than 100,000 square kilometers of one of the largest wetlands in the world. The dominant vegetation type in the region of Puerto Siles is the tropical savannah.
The temperature fluctuations are low, both during the day and during the year, the Jahrsdurchschnittstmperatur is over 26 ° C, the monthly average temperatures are 24-29 ° C (see climate chart San Joaquin ). The annual rainfall of about 1500 mm doubled over the rainfall in Central Europe. Only the months of June to August are characterized by a dry season in the low rainfall evaporate quickly.
Population
The population of the municipality of Puerto Siles has declined in the past two decades by about twenty percent:
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 0.5 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.4 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 89.3 percent, and 92.4 percent, although in men and 85.2 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality is divided into three cantons ( cantones ):
- Alejandria - 199 inhabitants (2001)
- Puerto Siles - 375 inhabitants ( 2001)
- Vigo - 444 inhabitants ( 2001)