San Borja Municipality

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

Location in near space

The municipality of San Borja is one of four Municipalities of the province Ballivián and is located in the southeastern part of the province. It is bordered on the northwest by the municipality of Reyes, on the west by the municipality Rurrenabaque, on the southwest by the Department of La Paz, on the south by the province Moxos, on the east by the province Yacuma, and to the north by the municipality of Santa Rosa de Yacuma.

The largest town and administrative center in the municipality is the town of San Borja with 16,273 inhabitants ( 2001) in the center of the municipality, the second largest settlement is Yucumo with 3,090 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality of San Borja is located in the Bolivian lowlands, directly east of the Sierra Muchanes, a portion of the Vorgebirgsketten of the Cordillera Oriental. The region's climate is tropical and humid all year round, the original vegetation is the tropical rain forest.

The mean average temperature of the region is 26 ° C (see climate chart ) and varies only slightly between 23 ° C in June and July and about 27 ° C from October to March. The annual rainfall is 1800 mm, with moderate rainfall of 60-70 mm month from June to September, and a pronounced rainy season from December to March with monthly rainfall of 200-300 mm.

Population

The population of the municipality of San Borja has nearly doubled in the past two decades:

The proportion of urban population in the municipality is 56.3 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 66.4 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 79.5 percent, and that 84.5 percent of men and 73.8 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality is further divided into cantons, and consists only of the Cantón San Borja.