Municipio Capinota
| Municipio Capinota | |||
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19,392 inhabitants (2012 census) 36 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-0701 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 540 km² | ||
| height | 2650 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 46 ′ S , 66 ° 14 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Capinota Province | ||
| Central place | Capinota | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Capinota |
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The Municipio Capinota is a district in the Department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Capinota is one of three municipalities in the province of Capinota . It borders the province of Quillacollo to the northwest , the municipality of Sicaya to the west, the province of Arque to the southwest , the department Potosí to the southeast , the province of Esteban Arce to the west , and the municipality of Santiváñez to the north .
The central place of the municipality is Capinota with 5,264 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northwestern part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Capinota is located in the Bolivian Cordillera Central in the transition area to the Bolivian lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 20 ° C (see Capinota climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 16 ° C in June and July and a good 22 ° C in November and December. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm and has a pronounced dry season from April to November with monthly precipitation of less than 10 mm, only in the wet season from December to March up to 140 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Capinota has increased by about a fifth in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 15,721 | census |
| 2001 | 16,945 | census |
| 2012 | 19,392 | census |
The population density of the municipality in the last census from 2012 was 35.9 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 47.1 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.1 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 68.7 percent, namely 82.7 percent for men and 56.6 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 | ||
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| 9,304 | 8,051 | 5,935 | 4.038 | 1,897 | ||
| 100% | 73.7% | 68.0% | 32.0% |
structure
The municipality Capinota was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- 03-0701-01 Canton of Capinota - 39 towns - 16,814 inhabitants
- 03-0701-02 Canton of Villcabamba - 3 localities - 967 inhabitants
- 03-0701-03 Canton Charamoco - 10 towns - 1,304 inhabitants
- 03-0701-04 Tokho Halla Canton - 5 towns - 307 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Capinota
- Canton of Capinota
- Capinota 5264 pop - Irpa Irpa 3868 pop - Apillapampa 1180 pop - Sarcobamba 928 pop - Buen Retiro 844 pop - Yatamoco 811 pop - Irpa Irpa (Disperso) 568 pop .
- Canton of Villcabamba
- Hornoma 443 pop - Villcabamba 360 pop
- Canton of Thoko Halla
- Cala Caja pop 119
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 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Capinota - General Maps No. 30701
- Municipio Capinota - detailed map and population data (PDF; 361 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )