Municipio Achocalla

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Municipio Achocalla
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		21,899 inhabitants (2012 census)
98 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01-0104
Telephone code (+591)
surface 224 km²
height 3800  m
Coordinates 16 ° 36 ′  S , 68 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 36 ′  S , 68 ° 9 ′  W
Municipio Achocalla (Bolivia)
Municipio Achocalla
Municipio Achocalla
politics

Department La Paz
province Murillo Province
Central place Achocalla
climate
Climate diagram La Paz
Climate diagram La Paz

The municipality of Achocalla is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Achocalla is one of five Municipios of the Murillo Province and is located in the southwestern part of the province. It borders the province of Ingavi to the west, the province of Aroma to the south, the municipality of Mecapaca to the east, the municipality of La Paz to the northeast , and the municipality of El Alto to the northwest .

The municipality has 20 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Achocalla with 18,442 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northern part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Achocalla is located on the edge of the Bolivian Altiplano at an average altitude of 3800  m directly west of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central in the east.

The mean average temperature of the municipality is 10 ° C, the annual precipitation is less than 600 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 8 ° C in July and 12 ° C in December. the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months June to August and over 100 mm in January.

population

The population of Municipio Achocalla has increased by more than half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 13 105 census
2001 15 110 census
2012 21 899 census

The municipality had a population density of 98 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 , the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.4 years, and the infant mortality rate was from 7.9 percent (1992) to 6.7 percent (2001 ) decreased.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 82.5 percent, 94.1 percent for men and 71.7 percent for women (2001) .

84.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 79.3 percent speak Aymara , and 0.9 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

33.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 77.9 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

75.9 percent of 3,908 households have a radio, 47.3 percent a television, 19.3 percent a bicycle, 1.2 percent a motorcycle, 11.3 percent a car, 3.4 percent a refrigerator, 6.0 percent a telephone. (2001)

politics

Results of the elections to the municipal council ( concejales ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:

Eligible voters   be right valid   MAS -IPSP LUS-1S. MSM MPS M-VIDA U.N. FPV
9,014   7,969 4,967   1,677 1,355 526 486 455 382 86
  100% 62.3%   33.8% 27.3% 10.6% 9.8% 9.2% 7.7% 1.7%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following three cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Achocalla

  • Canton of Villa Concepción

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Paz climate diagram
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  4. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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