Canton Colcha "K"
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| Residents (state) | 1224 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 20 ° 44 ′ S , 67 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Lípez Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Colcha "K" | ||
| Central place | Colcha "K" | ||
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 Climate diagram Colcha "K" |
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The canton Colcha "K" is a municipality in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Cantón Colcha "K" is one of thirteen cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Colcha "K" in the province of Nor Lípez . The canton is located in the southwestern part of Bolivia, it borders in the north on the canton Llavica , in the west on the municipality San Pedro de Quemes , in the southwest on the canton San Juan , in the south on the canton Santiago , in the east on the canton Río Grande , and in the northeast to the canton of Chuvica .
The canton stretches between about 20 ° 41 'and 20 ° 48' south latitude and 67 ° 26 'and 67 ° 53' west longitude, it measures from north to south up to 15 kilometers, from west to east up to 50 kilometers. There are only five municipalities in the canton, the central place is Colcha "K" in the southern part of the canton with 853 inhabitants, the mean altitude of the canton is 4000 m .
geography
The canton Colcha "K" is located in the southern part of the Altiplano on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni salt lake . The region's climate is typical of the time of day ; in which the mean temperature fluctuations in the course of the day are more pronounced than in the course of the seasons.
Significant precipitation falls only in the months of January to March (see climate diagram Colcha "K"), the remaining nine months of the year are arid , the total precipitation in the region does not reach 100 mm per year. The annual average temperature is just under 7 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate only insignificantly between 2 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C from November to March, although nocturnal frosts are possible throughout the year.
population
The number of inhabitants in the canton decreased slightly between the last two censuses , data for the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 1 341 | census |
| 2001 | 1 224 | census |
| 2012 | . | no data yet |
The population density of the Municipio Colcha "K" in the last census in 2001 was 0.4 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 0 percent, the proportion of the population under 15 years of age was 45 percent, the life expectancy of Newborns at 57 years of age.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 85 percent, 94 percent for men and 77 percent for women.
The most important idiom with a share of 90 percent is Quechua , 88 percent of the population speak Spanish . 90 percent of the population are Catholic, 6 percent Protestant.
96 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 92 percent live without sanitary facilities. ( 2001 )
structure
The Cantón Colcha "K" is divided into the following five sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecanton Colcha "K" - 1 municipality - 853 inhabitants ( 2001 census )
- Vicecanton Comunidad Bella Vista - 1 municipality - 44 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Comunidad Malil - 1 municipality - 41 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Mañica - 1 municipality - 141 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Villa Candelaria - 1 municipality - 145 inhabitants
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
Web links
- Municipio Colcha "K" - general maps no.50901
- Municipio Colcha "K" - detailed map and population data (PDF; 2.99 MB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )