Municipio Aucapata
| Municipio Aucapata | |||
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 Iskanwaya ruins near Aucapata |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
5380 inhabitants (2012 census) 34 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-0503 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 157 km² | ||
| height | 2500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 25 ′ S , 68 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Muñecas Province | ||
| Central place | Aucapata | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Aucapata |
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The municipality of Aucapata is a municipality in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The archaeological ruins of Iskanwaya, dating from pre-Columbian times, are located here .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Aucapata is one of three municipalities in the province of Muñecas and is located in the eastern part of the province. It borders the Municipio Ayata to the north and west and the Larecaja Province to the southeast and northeast .
The municipality has 48 localities ( localidades ). The administrative center of the municipality is Aucapata with 228 inhabitants in the southern part of the municipality, the largest town is Yánahuaya with 863 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of Aucapata is located at an average altitude of 2500 m east of Lake Titicaca and is part of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The region's climate is typical of the time of day , with temperatures differing more during the day than during the year.
The mean annual temperature of the region is 16 ° C, the monthly values fluctuate between just under 14 ° C in June / July and just over 17 ° C from October to March (see climate diagram Aucapata). The long-term mean annual precipitation is 800 mm, and while the winter months of June and July are arid with less than 10 mm monthly precipitation, the summer months from December to March reach values of 100 to 140 mm.
population
The population of the Municipio Aucapata has increased by around a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 4,075 | census |
| 2001 | 4 146 | census |
| 2012 | 5,380 | census |
In the last census of 2012, the municipality had a population density of 34.3 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 52.3 years, and the infant mortality rate was 6.8 percent (1992) to 10.5 percent in Year 2001 increased.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 53.0 percent, namely 72.2 percent for men and 32.7 percent for women (2001) .
44.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 8.8 percent speak Aymara , and 87.8 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
95.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 91.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
47.1 percent of the total of 1,173 households have a radio, 1.5 percent a television, 3.6 percent a bicycle, 0.3 percent a motorcycle, 0.6 percent a car, 0.6 percent a refrigerator and 0.1 percent Percent a phone. (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 | MPS | FPV | MSM | ||
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| 1,882 | 1,636 | 1,186 | 482 | 367 | 174 | 163 | ||
| 100% | 72.5% | 40.6% | 30.9% | 14.7% | 13.7% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0503-01 Canton Aucapata - 31 villages - 4,009 inhabitants ( 2001: 2,477 inhabitants )
- 02-0503-02 Canton Pusillani - 17 towns - 1,371 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,669 inhabitants )
Localities in the municipality of Aucapata
- Canton of Aucapata
- Yánahuaya pop 863 - Rosario pop 483 - Aucapata pop 228
- Canton of Pusillani
- Pusillani 373 pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Aucapata - General Maps No. 20503
- Municipio Aucapata - detailed map and population data (PDF; 319 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )