Canton of Península de Challapata
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| Residents (state) | 845 pop (2012) | ||
| Post Code | 02-0405-04 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 3822 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 42 ′ S , 69 ° 8 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Escoma | ||
| Central place | Challapata Belén | ||
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 Climate diagram Escoma |
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The canton of Península de Challapata is an administrative district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The canton ( Bolivian : Cantón) Península de Challapata was until 2009 one of nine cantons of the then administrative district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Puerto Acosta in the province of Eliodoro Camacho . By law from 2009, the municipality of Puerto Acosta was divided into the three independent municipalities of Puerto Acosta , Escoma and Humanata , so that the canton of Península de Challapata is now one of four cantons in the municipality of Escoma.
The canton of Península de Challapata borders in the north, west and south on Lake Titicaca , in the northeast on the canton Collasuyo in the municipality Escoma , and in the southeast on the canton Puerto Carabuco in the municipality Puerto Carabuco .
The canton extends between about 15 ° 41 '35 "and 15 ° 43' 10" south latitude and 69 ° 08 '00 "and 69 ° 11' 20" west longitude, it measures about three kilometers from north to south and from west to the east about six kilometers. In the central part of the canton is the central place of the canton, Challapata Belén , with 176 inhabitants, while Challapata Grande has 669 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The canton of Península de Challapata 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 8 to 9 ° C, the monthly averages fluctuate only slightly between 5 and 6 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C in November / December. The mean annual precipitation is around 800 mm (see Escoma climate diagram), the monthly values in the arid period are between under 20 mm from June to August and a humidity period from December to March with values between 120 and 165 mm.
population
The population in the canton has increased over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 657 | census |
| 2001 | 905 | census |
| 2012 | 845 | census |
structure
In the last census of 2012, the canton was divided into the following two sub-cantons (Bolivian: vicecantones ):
- 02-0405-0400-1 Vicecantón Challapata Belén - one municipality - 176 inhabitants ( 2001: 203 inhabitants )
- 02-0405-0400-2 Vicecantón Challapata Grande - one municipality - 669 inhabitants ( 2001: 702 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 )