Riberalta Municipality
The municipality Riberalta is a district in the department of Beni in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality Riberalta is one of two Municipalities of the Province of Vaca Díez and located in the western part of the province. It is bordered to the west by the department of Pando, in the southwest of the province Ballivián, in the southeast of the province Yacuma, and to the east and north by the municipality of Guayaramerín.
Largest city and administrative center of the province is 64 511 Riberalta with inhabitants ( 2001) in the northwestern part of the municipality of the Río Beni.
Geography
The municipality is located in Riberalta Bolivian part of the Amazon basin in the northeast corner of the country on the border with Brazil. The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C and varies only slightly between 25 ° C in May and 27-28 ° C from December to February (see climate chart ). The annual rainfall is about 1,300 mm, with a pronounced dry season from June to August month precipitation less than 20 mm, and a humidity time from December to January with monthly rainfall of over 200 mm.
Population
The population of the municipality Riberalta has risen in the past two decades to nearly twice:
The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 5.8 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 84.9 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.2 years.
The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 91.8 percent, and 94.9 percent, although in men and 88.5 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality is divided into four cantons ( cantones ):
- Canton Concepción - 1,316 inhabitants ( 2001)
- Canton Florida - 4,512 inhabitants
- Canton Ivon - 880 inhabitants
- Canton Riberalta - 69 269 inhabitants