Municipio Atocha

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Municipio Atocha
View of Atocha
View of Atocha
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		11,226 inhabitants (2012 census)
5 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05-0802
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,058 km²
height 3700  m
Coordinates 21 ° 6 ′  S , 66 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 6 ′  S , 66 ° 9 ′  W
Municipio Atocha (Bolivia)
Municipio Atocha
Municipio Atocha
politics

Department Potosí
province Sur Chichas Province
Central place Atocha
Location of the Municipio Atocha in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio Atocha
in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Atocha
Climate diagram Atocha
Outline of the Municipio Atocha

The municipality of Atocha is a district in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Atocha is one of two municipalities in the province of Sur Chichas and is located in the northern part of the province. It borders in the northwest with the province of Nor Chichas , in the northwest with the province Antonio Quijarro , in the west with the province Nor Lípez , and in the south and east with the municipality Tupiza . It extends for 75 kilometers in an east-west direction and 65 kilometers in a north-south direction.

The central place of the municipality is the small town of Atocha with 2,240 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the northern edge of the district.

geography

Las Velas ridge

The municipality of Atocha is located on the Bolivian Altiplano in the northern foothills of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera de Lípez . The climate of the region is arid and has a clear time-of-day climate, in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the temperature fluctuations over the course of the year.

The mean annual temperature in the region is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Atocha), with a monthly average of 6 to 7 ° C in June / July and 13-14 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is a low 200 mm, with the months April to October being almost free of precipitation. Significant precipitation falls only from November to March, with a maximum of around 50 mm monthly precipitation in January.

population

The population of the Municipio Atocha has decreased by about 40 percent in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 12,216 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 9,536 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 11,226 inhabitants (census)

In the last census in 2012, the municipality had a population density of 5.5 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 40 percent. The proportion of the population aged under 15 was 47.1 percent, and the life expectancy of newborns was 56 years. ( 2001 )

The literacy rate for those over 19 is 85 percent, 95 percent for men and 76 percent for women. C.

96 percent of the population speak Spanish and 70 percent speak Quechua . 89 percent of the population are Catholic, 7 percent Protestant. ( 2001 )

18 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 89 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 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 ACU
5,748   4,927 3,421   2,226 1,195
  100% 69.4%   65.1% 34.9%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Atocha

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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