San Andrés Municipality, Beni

The municipality of San Andrés is a district of Beni Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

The municipality of San Andrés is one of two Municipalities of the province Marbán and lies in the eastern part of the province. It is bordered to the west by the municipality of Loreto, on the south by the department of Cochabamba, on the east by the department of Santa Cruz, and to the north by the province of Cercado.

The largest town in the municipality of San Pablo Puente is on the Río San Pablo with 1,709 inhabitants ( 2001). The second largest town and administrative center of the municipality is San Andrés with 307 inhabitants ( 2001) in the north-west corner of the municipality.

Geography

The municipality of San Andrés is located in the Bolivian lowlands in the Moxos level, with more than 100,000 km ², one of the largest wetlands in the world. The dominant vegetation type in the region of San Andrés is the tropical savannah.

The annual rainfall for the region is 1,900 mm (see climate chart Trinidad ), with a marked dry season in the months of June to August and monthly precipitation highs of more than 250 mm from December to February. The monthly average temperatures throughout the year between 24 ° C in June / July and 27-28 ° C from September to March.

Population

The population of the municipality of San Andrés has risen in the past two decades by more than half:

The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 1.1 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.1 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 85.3 percent, and 88.9 percent, although in men and 80.3 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

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

• Canton Peroto - 2,408 inhabitants ( 2001)
• Canton of San Andrés - 7,342 inhabitants ( 2001)
• Canton of San Lorenzo - 845 inhabitants ( 2001)