Municipio Caiza "D"

Municipio Caiza "D"
Basic data
Population (state) ; - population density	12,067 inhabitants (2012 census) ; 9 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	05-1102
Telephone code	(+591)
surface	1,294 km²
height	3400 m
Coordinates	20 ° 0 ′ S , 65 ° 40 ′ W Coordinates: 20 ° 0 ′ S , 65 ° 40 ′ W
	Municipio Caiza "D"
	Municipio Caiza "D"
politics
Department	Potosí
province	José María Linares Province
Central place	Caiza "D"
	; Location of the Municipio Caiza "D" ; in the Department of Potosí
climate
	; Vitichi climate diagram

The Municipio Caiza "D" is a district in the Potosí Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Caiza "D" is one of three municipalities in the province of José María Linares . It borders on the province of Tomás Frías to the north, the province of Antonio Quijarro to the west, the province of Nor Chichas to the south , and the municipality of Puna to the east . It extends for about 55 kilometers in a north-south and 45 kilometers in an east-west direction.

The central place of the municipality is the village Caiza "D" with 1,324 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the center of the district, the only town in the municipality is Tres Cruces with 2,468 inhabitants.

geography

The municipality of Caiza "D" is located on the southeastern edge of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.

The average annual temperature is 13 ° C (see Vitichi climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 10 ° C in June / July and a good 15 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 400 mm, with a very pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 20 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with about 80 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the municipality of Caiza "D" has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:

1992 : 9,875 inhabitants ( census )
2001 : 9,637 inhabitants (census)
2012 : 12,067 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 9.3 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 22 percent. The proportion of the population under the age of 15 is 43.3 percent, the life expectancy of newborns is 63 years. ( 2001 )

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 73 percent, 91 percent for men and 58 percent for women. ( 2001 )

The most important idiom with a share of 97 percent is Quechua , 72 percent of the population speak Spanish . 83 percent of the population are Catholic, 14 percent are Protestant. ( 2001 )

81 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 90 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	MSM	AINI	ACU
4,406		3,619	2,637		1,483	651	454	49
		100%	72.9%		56.2%	24.7%	17.2%	1.9%

structure

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

05-1102-01 Canton Jatun Mayu - 23 localities - 1,739 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
05-1102-02 Canton Cucho Ingenio - 4 villages - 638 inhabitants
05-1102-03 Canton Caiza "D" - 22 towns - 6,267 inhabitants
05-1102-04 Canton Tuctapari - 6 localities - 830 inhabitants
05-1102-05 Canton Pancoche - 25 villages - 2,593 inhabitants