San Javier Municipality, Beni

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

Location in near space

The municipality of San Javier is the northern of the two Municipalities of the province of Cercado. It is bordered to the north by the province Mamoré, in the northwest of the province Yacuma, on the west by the province Moxos, on the south by the municipality of Trinidad, on the southeast by the provincial Marbán, on the east by the department of Santa Cruz, and on the northeast by the Province Iténez.

The largest town in the municipality of San Pedro is with 432 inhabitants ( 2001) in the northwestern part of the municipality. Administrative center of the municipality is San Javier with 199 inhabitants ( 2001), which, like San Pedro on the right bank of the Río Mamoré.

Geography

The municipality of San Javier is located in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin and is characterized by a year-round tropical hot and humid climate (see climate chart Trinidad ). The annual average temperature is about 26 ° C, with the average monthly temperatures between June / July differ by 23 ° C and October / December at 28 ° C only slightly. The annual precipitation is 2000 mm and is thus more than twice as high as the precipitation in Central Europe. Maximum values ​​of about 300 mm in the rainy season from December to February are low values ​​of about 50 mm in the short dry season from June to August compared to.

Population

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

The population density of the municipality at the 2001 census was 0.3 inhabitants / km ² (2001), the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.3 years; the literacy rate for those over 19 years is 87.1 percent, and 90.7 percent, although in men and 81.5 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality consists of the following two cantons ( cantones ):

  • Cantón San Javier - 996 inhabitants ( 2001)
  • Cantón San Pedro - 1,694 inhabitants ( 2001)
Departamento Beni Department Cercado Province (Beni) San Javier (Beni) Yacuma Province Moxos Province Trinidad Municipality, Beni Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Cantons of Bolivia
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