Villa Rivero Municipality
The municipality of Villa Rivero is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.
Location in near space
The municipality of Villa Rivero is one of five Municipalities of the province Punata. It is bordered to the west by the province of Germán Jordán, on the southwest by the province of Esteban Arce, on the southeast by the municipality of Cuchumuela, on the east by the municipality of Tacachi, in the north- east by the province Arani and to the north by the municipality of Punata.
The central location of the municipality of Villa Rivero is with 671 inhabitants in the northwestern part of the municipality ( 2001).
Geography
The municipality of Villa Rivero is located in the transition zone between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands to the east. The mean average temperature of the region is almost 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and varies only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is about 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a humidity from December to February with an 90-110 mm monthly rainfall.
Population
The population of the municipality of Villa Rivero has not changed significantly in the past two decades, from 5,949 ( census 1992) over 5,857 ( 2001 census ) to 5,896 ( 2005 estimate ) inhabitants.
The population density of the municipality is 57.5 inhabitants / km ² (2001), the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent.
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.0 years.
The literacy rate in the over 19 year olds is 70.9 percent, and 88.3 percent, although in men and 57.0 percent for women ( 2001).
Policy
Structure
The municipality is not further subdivided into cantons ( cantones ) and consists only of:
- Cantón Villa Rivero