Chojña canton
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| Residents (state) | 1075 pop (2001) | ||
| height | 1500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 59 ′ S , 67 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Caranavi Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Caranavi | ||
| Central place | Chojña | ||
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The canton of Chojña is an administrative district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton of Chojña is one of twenty-two cantons of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Caranavi in the province of Caranavi and is located in the southern part of the district. It borders in the northeast with the canton of Santa Ana de Caranavi , in the northwest with the canton Uyunense , in the west with the canton Incahuara de Ckullu Kuchu , in the southwest with the canton Choro , in the south with the province Nor Yungas , and in the east with the canton Taypiplaya .
The canton extends between 15 ° 55 'and 16 ° 04' south latitude and 67 ° 30 'and 67 ° 36' west latitude, it measures up to fifteen kilometers from north to south and up to ten kilometers from west to east. The canton has 26 localities ( localidades ), the central place is Chojña with 114 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the northern part of the canton.
geography
The canton of Chojña is located in the Bolivian Yungas on the eastern slope of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with mean temperatures fluctuating more during the day than during the year.
The annual precipitation here in the subtropical Yungas is 1100 mm (see Coroico climate diagram) and has a clear dry season from May to August and a rainy season from December to February. The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 20 ° C and 25 ° C, during the day it is warm in summer and pleasantly cool at night.
population
The population of the canton is between the last two censuses risen by almost half:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 746 | census |
| 2001 | 1,075 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
Due to the historical population development, the Aymara population is predominant in the Municipio Caranavi , 57.8% of the population speak the Aymara language .
structure
The canton is divided into a total of twenty sub-cantons ( vicecantones ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE social data 2001 (PDF; 12.2 MB)
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Web links
- Municipio Caranavi - Politics, Population and Economy ( Spanish )
- Municipio Caranavi - General Maps No. 22001
- Municipio Caranavi - detailed map and population data (PDF; 1.17 MB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )