San Ignacio de Moxos Municipality

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

Location in near space

The municipality of San Ignacio is the only Municipalities of the province Moxos and is bordered to the northwest by the province Yacuma, on the southwest by the province Ballivián, to the south by the department of Cochabamba, in the southeast of the province Marbán, and in the north east of the province of Cercado.

The largest town and administrative center of the province is the town of San Ignacio de Moxos with 9,064 inhabitants ( 2001) in the northwestern part of the municipality.

Geography

San Ignacio is located 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 Ignacio 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 May to September. The monthly average temperatures throughout the year between 24 ° C and 29 ° C.

Population

The population of the Municipalities has risen in the past two decades by more than half:

The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 0.9 inhabitants / km ², the proportion of the urban population is 41.1 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.6 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 79.4 percent, and 85.2 percent, although in men and 72.4 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality is divided into three cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón San Francisco - 2,684 inhabitants ( 2001)
  • Cantón San Ignacio - 17,387 inhabitants ( 2001)
  • Cantón San Lorenzo - 1,572 inhabitants ( 2001)
Departamento Beni Department Moxos Province Municipios of Bolivia Yacuma Province Cochabamba Department Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Cantons of Bolivia
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