Municipio Callapa

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Municipio Callapa
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		7,289 inhabitants (2012 census)
6 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0308
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,227 km²
height 3800  m
Coordinates 17 ° 15 ′  S , 68 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 15 ′  S , 68 ° 20 ′  W
Municipio Callapa (Bolivia)
Municipio Callapa
Municipio Callapa
politics

Department La Paz
province Pacajes Province
Central place Callapa
climate
Callapa climate diagram
Callapa climate diagram

The Municipio Callapa (also: Santiago de Callapa ) is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Callapa is one of eight municipalities in the province of Pacajes and is located in the eastern part of the province. It is bordered by the Municipio Calacoto to the west, the Oruro Department to the south, the Gualberto Villarroel Province to the southeast, the Aroma Province to the east , and the Coro Coro Municipality to the north .

The municipality comprises 85 localities ( localidades ). The central place of the municipality is Callapa with 151 inhabitants in the southern part of the district, the largest place in the municipality is Huayllapanta with 347 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Callapa is located on the Bolivian Altiplano at an average altitude of 3850  m , bounded in the east by the ridge of the Serranía de Huayllamarca and to the north by the Río Desaguadero . The region has a distinct daytime climate, with temperatures fluctuating more during the day than during the year.

The mean average temperature of the municipality is just under 9 ° C (see Callapa climate diagram), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in July and a good 10 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is about 400 mm, the monthly precipitation is between 0 and 10 mm in the months May to August and 100 mm in January.

population

The population of the Municipio Callapa has only changed slightly over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 7 184 census
2001 8 099 census
2012 7 289 census

The municipality had a population density of 5.9 inhabitants / km² in the last census of 2012 , the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.1 years, the infant mortality rate was 9.4 percent (1992) to 6.4 percent in Year 2001 dropped.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 75.0 percent, namely 88.9 percent for men and 59.8 percent for women (2001) .

67.5 percent of the population speak Spanish , 97.3 percent speak Aymara , and 0.1 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

98.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 70.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

57.6 percent of the total of 2,650 households have a radio, 0.5 percent a television, 32.3 percent a bicycle, 0.4 percent a motorcycle, 0.8 percent a car, 0 percent a refrigerator and 0.0 percent one 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 MSM U.N.
2,913   2,576 1,594   893 415 168 118
  100% 61.9%   56.0% 26.0% 10.5% 7.4%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Callapa

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 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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