Azurduy Municipality
municipality of Bolivia
Azurduy Municipality (Municipio de Azurduy, Villa Azurduy Municipality) is the first municipal section of Azurduy Province in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia. 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 extreme poverty. 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. 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 (57 °F), the average monthly values varying between 10 °C (50 °F) in June and July to 16 °C (61 °F) in December and January. Annual precipitation barely reaches 550 mm (21.7 in), with less than 10 mm (0.4 in) monthly in the dry season of May to August, and with the highest rainfall, 100 to 110 mm (3.9 to 4.3 in) per month, between December and February.
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