Ravelo Municipality

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

Location in near space

The municipality Ravelo is one of four Municipalities in the province Chayanta. It is bordered to the north by the province of Charcas, on the east by the department of Chuquisaca, on the southwest by the province of Cornelio Saavedra, on the west by the municipality of Ocurí, and on the northwest by the municipality of Colquechaca. It extends over 70 km from north to south and about 45 km in east-west direction.

The central location of the municipality is the village Ravelo Ravelo on the highway Ruta 6 in the central eastern part of the municipios.

Geography

The municipality Ravelo is located east of the Altiplano in Bolivia's Cordillera Central. The climate is a temperate mountain climate with typical diurnal climate where the temperature differences during the day fluctuate more than the year.

The average annual temperature in the region Ravelo is about 16 ° C (see climate chart Sucre), the monthly average values ​​vary between 14 ° C in June / July and 17 ° C in October / November. The annual precipitation is about 700 mm and has five arid months from May to September on month with values ​​below 25 mm, and a significant humidity time from December to February with monthly rainfall 125-150 mm.

Population

The population of the municipality Ravelo has risen in the past two decades by about a quarter:

The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 16.8 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The proportion of under-15s in the population is 41.2 percent.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 39 percent, and that 54 percent of men and 24 percent in women. The most important idiom with a share of 79 percent is Quechua. 86 percent of the population are Catholic, 3 percent Protestant.

The life expectancy of newborns is 55 years. 98 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 98 percent have no sanitary facilities.

Policy

Structure

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

  • Cantón Antora
  • Cantón Huaycoma
  • Cantón Pitantora
  • Cantón Ravelo
  • Cantón Tomoyo
  • Cantón Toroca
Departamento Chayanta Province Charcas Province Chuquisaca Department Cornelio Saavedra Province Cordillera Central (Bolivia) Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Without Fear Movement Cantons of Bolivia
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