Soniquera Canton
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| Residents (state) | 822 pop (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4400 m | ||
| Coordinates | 21 ° 40 ′ S , 67 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Nor Lípez Province | ||
| Municipio | Municipio Colcha "K" | ||
| Central place | Soniquera | ||
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 Climate diagram Quetena Grande |
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The canton of Soniquera is a municipality in the Department of Potosí in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Cantón Soniquera 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 border area of Bolivia, it borders in the north with the canton of San Juan , in the west with the Republic of Chile , in the south and east with the municipality San Pablo de Lípez , and in the northeast with the province Enrique Baldivieso .
The canton extends between about 21 ° 24 'and 22 ° 02' south latitude and 67 ° 05 'and 68 ° 07' west longitude, it measures from north to south up to 70 kilometers, from west to east up to 100 kilometers. There are only five municipalities in the canton, the central place is Soniquera in the south-eastern part of the canton with 472 inhabitants, the mean altitude of the canton is 4400 m .
geography
The canton of Soniquera is located in the southern part of the Altiplano on the edge of the Cordillera de Lípez . The climate of the region is semi-arid and a typical time of day climate ; in which the mean temperature fluctuations in the course of the day are more pronounced than in the course of the seasons.
The annual average temperature in the valley meadows of the region is around 6 ° C (see climate diagram Quetena Grande), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 1 ° C in June / July and almost 9 ° C in December / January. The annual precipitation is very low at 127 mm, from April to October it is less than 5 mm monthly average, only in the southern summer months of January and February there is significant precipitation.
population
The population in the canton has risen by around a third between the last two censuses ; data for the 2012 census are not yet available:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 639 | census |
| 2001 | 822 | 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 Soniquera is divided into the following three sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):
- Vicecanton Soniquera - 3 municipalities - 487 inhabitants ( 2001 census )
- Vicecanton Zoniquera - 1 municipality - 179 inhabitants
- Vicecantón Villa Mar - 1 municipality - 156 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 )