Municipio Arani

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Municipio Arani
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density
9504 inhabitants (2012 census)
45 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 04-0501
Telephone code (+591)
surface 212 km²
height 3300  m
Coordinates 17 ° 35 ′  S , 65 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 35 ′  S , 65 ° 43 ′  W
Municipio Arani (Bolivia)
Municipio Arani
Municipio Arani
politics

Department Cochabamba
province Arani Province
Central place Arani
climate
Climate diagram Cochabamba
Climate diagram Cochabamba

The Municipio Arani is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Arani is one of two municipalities in the province of Arani and is located in the western part of the province. It borders the province of Punata to the west, the province of Mizque to the south, the municipality of Vacas to the east , and the province of Tiraque to the north .

The largest settlement and administrative center of the province is Arani with 3,542 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the western edge of the municipality.

geography

The municipality of Arani is located in the transition area between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The mean average temperature of the region is just under 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November.

The annual precipitation is around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90 to 110 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the Municipio Arani has decreased by almost a third in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 13,159 census
2001 11,542 census
2012 9,504 census

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 44.8 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 37.0 percent, the life expectancy of newborns was 56.7 years. ( 2001 )

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 72.9 percent, 88.8 percent for men and 60.2 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 FPV
5,881   5,070 3,326   2.120 774 432
  100% 65.6%   63.7% 23.3% 13.0%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Arani

  • Canton of Arani
  • Canton of Pocoata

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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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