Municipio Alalay
| Municipio Alalay | |||
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 Laguna Alalay |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
3447 inhabitants (2012 census) 8 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-1303 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 416 km² | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 50 ′ S , 65 ° 29 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Mizque Province | ||
| Central place | Alalay | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Vacas |
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The municipality of Alalay is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Alalay is one of three municipalities in the province of Mizque . It borders the province of Punata to the northwest , the province of Esteban Arce to the southwest , the municipality of Vila Vila to the south, the municipality of Mizque to the east, the province of Carrasco to the northeast , and the province of Arani to the north .
The central place of the municipality is Alalay with 324 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northwestern part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Alalay is located in the northwestern part of the Cordillera Oriental , the easternmost mountain range of the Bolivian high mountains.
The climate of the region is characterized by a typical time of day climate , in which the daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the seasonal fluctuations. The annual average temperature is 12 ° C (see Vacas climate diagram), temperatures in the winter months of June / July are just under 10 ° C and in November / December a little more than 14 ° C. The annual precipitation is 550 mm and reaches values of 100 to 120 mm in the summer months from December to February, while in the arid months from May to September hardly any precipitation falls.
"Alalay" is Quechua and means "cold", which indicates the cold and dry climate of the region.
population
The population of the municipality of Alalay has declined over the past two decades, especially in the first decade of the new century:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 3,613 | census |
| 2001 | 4,931 | census |
| 2012 | 3,447 | census |
The population density of the municipality in the last census of 2012 was 8.3 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0.0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 57.4 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 62.1 percent, namely 77.5 percent for men and 47.7 percent for women (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 | MSM | ||
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| 1,285 | 1.108 | 855 | 711 | 144 | ||
| 100% | 77.2% | 83.2% | 16.8% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- 03-1303-01 Canton Alalay - 18 villages - 1,970 inhabitants
- 03-1303-02 Canton Ayapampa - 13 localities - 1,477 inhabitants
Localities
- Ayapampa Canton
- Lagunitas 269 pop.
Individual evidence
- ↑ educa.com.bo: Alalay - Municipio de Mizque (Spanish)
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Relief map of Bolivia from 1: 2,000 GeoBolivia
- Overview map of the province of Mizque In: educa.com.bo (accessed April 10, 2017)
- Relief map of the Punata region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 9.12 MB)
- Municipio Alalay - General Maps No. 31303
- Municipio Alalay - detailed map and population data (PDF; 360 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - Social data of the municipalities (PDF 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )