Municipio Andamarca

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Municipio Andamarca
Basic data

Full name Santiago de Andamarca
Population (state)
- population density
5215 inhabitants (2012 census)
2 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 04-1201
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,639 km²
height 3750  m
Coordinates 18 ° 54 ′  S , 67 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 54 ′  S , 67 ° 26 ′  W
Santiago de Andamarca (Bolivia)
Santiago de Andamarca
Santiago de Andamarca
politics

Department Oruro
province Sud Carangas Province
Central place Santiago de Andamarca
climate
Corque climate diagram
Corque climate diagram

The Municipio Andamarca (also: Santiago de Andamarca ) is a district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Andamarca is one of two Municipios in the Sud Carangas Province . It borders in the north on the province of Saucarí , in the north-west on the province of Carangas , in the west on the municipality Belén de Andamarca , in the south on the province Ladislao Cabrera , in the south-east on the province Sebastián Pagador , in the east on the province Eduardo Avaroa , and in the northeast to the province of Poopó .

The district includes 96 localities, the central place of the municipality is Santiago de Andamarca with 468 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northern part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Andamarca is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and west of the Andean mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The region is characterized by a distinct daytime climate , in which the temperatures between day and night fluctuate more strongly than during the average year.

The mean average temperature of the region is 7.4 ° C (see Corque climate diagram), the monthly mean temperatures vary between 3 ° C in June / July and 10 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is just under 300 mm; From April to October there is a pronounced dry season with monthly precipitation of less than 10 mm, only from December to March there is monthly precipitation of 40 to 75 mm.

population

The population of the Municipio Andamarca has more than doubled in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 3,005 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 4,588 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 5,215 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality in the last census of 2012 was 2.0 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 0 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.1 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 77 percent, 90 percent for men and 63 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
2,265   2.011 1,366   1,366
  100% 67.9%   100.0%

structure

The municipality is divided into the following three cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in Andamarca

Individual evidence

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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
  4. Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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