San Ramón Municipality, Beni

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

Location in near space

The municipality of San Ramón is one of three Municipalities of the province Mamoré and extends north-south for almost the entire length of the province. It is bordered to the west by the municipality of San Joaquin, to the south by the province of Cercado, and on the east by the province Iténez.

The largest town and administrative center of the province is the country town of San Ramón with 3,838 inhabitants ( 2001) in the western part of the municipality.

Geography

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

The temperature fluctuations are low, both during the day and during the year, the Jahrsdurchschnittstmperatur is over 26 ° C, the average monthly temperatures range between 24 ° C and 29 ° C (see climate chart San Joaquin ). The annual rainfall of about 1500 mm doubled over the rainfall in Central Europe. Only the months of June to August are characterized by a dry season in the low rainfall evaporate quickly.

Population

The population of the municipality of San Ramon has increased by about a third in the past two decades:

The population density of the municipality was 0.8 inhabitants / km ² at the 2001 census, the proportion of the urban population is 64.7 percent.

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 69.1 years.

The literacy rate for those over 19 years is 91.4 percent, and 93.4 percent, although in men and 88.9 percent for women ( 2001).

Policy

Structure

The municipality has an area of ​​7889 km ² and is divided into two cantons ( cantones ):

• Cantón San Ramón - 5,684 inhabitants ( 2001)
• Cantón Las Pampitas - 243 inhabitants ( 2001)