Canton of Escoma
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| Residents (state) | 4915 pop (2012) | ||
| Post Code | 02-0405-03 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 37 ′ S , 69 ° 7 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Escoma | ||
| Central place | Escoma | ||
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 Climate diagram Puerto Acosta |
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The canton Escoma is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton ( Bolivian : Cantón) Escoma was until 2009 one of nine cantons of the then administrative district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Puerto Acosta in the province of Eliodoro Camacho . By law of 2009, the municipality of Puerto Acosta was divided into the three independent municipalities of Puerto Acosta , Escoma and Humanata , so that the canton of Escoma is now one of four cantons of the municipality of Escoma.
The canton Escoma borders in the northeast on the canton Chinaya 8 de Agosto, in the northwest on the canton Puerto Acosta and in the southwest on the canton Puerto Parajachi, all three in the municipality Puerto Acosta ; in the south to the canton of Villa Puni and the canton of Collasuyo in the municipality of Escoma ; in the southeast to the canton of Puerto Carabuco and the canton of San Miguel de Yaricoa in the municipality of Carabuco ; and in the east to the canton of Tajani in the Municipio Mocomoco .
The canton extends between about 15 ° 32 'and 15 ° 42' south latitude and 69 ° 05 'and 69 ° 12' west longitude, it measures twenty kilometers from north to south and ten kilometers from west to east. The administrative seat of the canton, Escoma , with 1,162 inhabitants is located in the south-eastern part of the canton . ( 2012 census )
geography
The canton of Escoma is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between Lake Titicaca in the west and the Cordillera Muñecas in the east. The climate of the region is a typical daytime climate , in which the mean temperature fluctuations between day and night are more pronounced than between the seasons.
The mean average temperature of the region is almost 9 ° C, the monthly averages fluctuate only slightly between almost 6 ° C in July and a good 10 ° C from November to January. The mean annual precipitation is about 850 mm (see climate diagram Puerto Acosta), the monthly values are between under 15 mm from June to August and a humidity period from December to March with values between 120 and 170 mm.
population
The population of the canton Escoma has decreased slightly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 5 198 | census |
| 2001 | 5 097 | census |
| 2012 | 4 915 | census |
structure
In the last census of 2012, the canton was divided into the following sub-cantons (Bolivian: vicecantones ):
- 02-0405-0300-2 Vicecantón Cachachique - 1 municipality - 237 inhabitants ( 2001: 310 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0300-3 Vicecantón Cala Cala - 1 municipality - 508 inhabitants ( 2001: 619 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0300-4 Vicecantón Chimoco - 1 municipality - 277 inhabitants ( 2001: 134 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0300-5 Vicecantón Cusia - 1 municipality - 32 inhabitants ( 2001: 68 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0300-7 Vicecantón Huatahuaya - 1 municipality - 302 inhabitants ( 2001: 417 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0300-8 Vicecantón Kerapi - 1 municipality - 338 inhabitants ( 2001: 595 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0301-1 Vicecantón Querajata - 1 municipality - 142 inhabitants ( 2001: 377 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0301-2 Vicecantón San José de Tiahuanacu - 1 municipality - 31 inhabitants ( 2001: 135 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0301-3 Vicecantón Ticohaya - 3 municipalities - 178 inhabitants ( 2001: 71 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0301-4 Vicecantón Tocongori - 1 municipality - 208 inhabitants ( 2001: 259 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0301-5 Vicecantón Tomoco Chico - 1 municipality - 130 inhabitants ( 2001: 133 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0301-7 Vicecantón Tutucucho - 1 municipality - 127 inhabitants ( 2001: 171 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0301-8 Vicecantón Ullumachi - 1 municipality - 113 inhabitants ( 2001: 67 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0301-9 Vicecantón Villa Jupi - 3 municipalities - 196 inhabitants ( 2001: 133 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0302-0 Vicecantón Yocallata - 3 municipalities - 436 inhabitants ( 2001: 508 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0302-1 Vicecantón Yucka - 5 municipalities - 380 inhabitants ( 2001: 470 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0302-2 Vicecantón Escoma - 1 municipality - 1,162 inhabitants ( 2001: 576 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0370-2 Vicecantón Tomoco Grande - 1 municipality - 118 inhabitants ( 2001: 164 inhabitants )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ley 4004 of February 6, 2009
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Municipio Puerto Acosta - General Maps No. 20401
- Municipio Puerto Acosta - detailed map and population data (PDF; 473 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )