Azurduy Municipality (Municipio de Azurduy, Villa Azurduy Municipality) is the first municipal section of

Azurduy Province Azurduy Province (full official name: Província de Juana Azurduy de Padilla) is a province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is the town of Azurduy. It was named in honor of revolutionary guerrilla Juana Azurduy de Padilla. In ...

in the Chuquisaca Department of

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. Its seat is Villa Azurduy. In 2012 the population was 10,594 persons. The municipality is very poor; in 2010 93% were below the poverty line, and 75% were in

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. In 2001 there were seven automobiles (including trucks) in the municipality.

Geography

The municipality is in the mountains of the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes, and is bordered on the west by the

Pilcomayo River Pilcomayo (in Hispanicized spelling) (Quechua Pillkumayu or Pillku Mayu, ''pillku'' red, ''mayu'' river, "red river", Guarani Ysyry Araguay ) is a river in central South America. At long, it is the longest western tributary of the Paraguay River ...

. The mountain ranges and the rivers are generally oriented north-south. Due to its elevation, the municipality experiences a wide range of temperatures between day and night. The average annual temperature is 14°C, the average monthly values varying between 10°C in June and July to 16°C in December and January. Annual precipitation barely reaches , with less than 10 mm monthly in the dry season of May to August, and with the highest rainfall, 100 to 110 mm per month, between December and February. To the north Azurduy Municipality is bordered by Tarvita Municipality, also of Azurduy Province, and El Villar Municipality of

Tomina Province Tomina is a Provinces of Bolivia, province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Padilla, Bolivia, Padilla. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Subdivisions Tomina Province is divided ...

; to the east by

Hernando Siles Province Hernando Siles is a province of the department of Chuquisaca, Bolivia. In the 2001 census it had a population of 36,511. It covers an area of 5,473 km², giving it a population density of 6.67/km². Its capital is Monteagudo. Subdivision ...

, and to the west and south by

Nor Cinti Province Nor Cinti is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca. Its capital is Camargo. Geography One of the highest mountains of the province is Kunturiri at . Other mountains are listed below:Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Uruchini 6634-III ...

. There are 132 settlements in the municipality with thirty-six villages, of which only eight are accessible by road.

Economics

The people are primarily employed in agriculture and livestock raising, although there is some mining. Major crops include corn, wheat, potatoes, barley and peppers. Sheep, cattle, goats, pigs, horses and poultry are raised.

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of

Quechuan Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely ...

descent.

Population

The population of the municipality of Azurduy has not increased from 1992 to 2012. * 1992: 10,818 inhabitants (census) * 2001: 11,349 inhabitants (census) * 2012: 10,594 inhabitants (census) At the 2001 census, the literacy rate was 61.4 percent, the life expectancy of the newborn was 57.0 years, and the infant mortality rate was 9.3 per cent. 60.9 percent of the population spoke Spanish, 55.8 percent spoke Quechua (2001). 90.3 percent of the population had access to electricity, while 89.7 percent lived without sanitation facilities.

Cantons

The municipality is divided into three

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. * Las Casas Canton, with administrative seat in Torrecillas * Azurduy Canton, with administrative seat in Villa Azurduy * Antonio Lopez Canton, with administrative seat in San Antonio

References

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