Municipio Caquiaviri

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Municipio Caquiaviri
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		14,570 inhabitants (2012 census)
9 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0302
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,568 km²
height 3900  m
Coordinates 17 ° 5 ′  S , 68 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 5 ′  S , 68 ° 50 ′  W
Municipio Caquiaviri (Bolivia)
Municipio Caquiaviri
Municipio Caquiaviri
politics

Department La Paz
province Pacajes Province
Central place Caquiaviri
climate
Climate diagram Nazacara
Climate diagram Nazacara

The municipality of Caquiaviri is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Caquiaviri is one of eight municipalities in the province of Pacajes and is located in the northwestern part of the province. It borders the province of Ingavi and the Municipio Nazacara de Pacajes to the north and west , the Municipio Charaña to the southwest , the Municipio Calacoto to the south, the Municipio Coro Coro to the southeast , and the Municipio Comanche to the east .

The municipality comprises 123 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Caquiaviri with 497 inhabitants in the northeastern part of the municipality, the largest village is Achiri with 556 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Caquiaviri is located at an average altitude of 3900  m south of Lake Titicaca on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.

The mean annual temperature of the region is 8 ° C, the annual precipitation is 500 mm (see climate diagram Nazacara). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 5 ° C in July and 10 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between below 10 mm from May to August and 100 to 125 mm in January and February.

population

The population of the Municipio Caquiaviri has increased by almost half over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 10 036 census
2001 11 901 census
2012 14 570 census

The municipality had a population density of 9.3 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 , the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.5 years, the infant mortality rate was from 7.3 percent (1992) to 5.8 percent (2001) decreased.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 82.5 percent, 94.6 percent for men and 70.7 percent for women (2001) .

75.3 percent of the population speak Spanish , 95.7 percent speak Aymara , and 0.1 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

91.9 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 61.9 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

52.7 percent of the total of 4,264 households have a radio, 1.5 percent a television, 35.5 percent a bicycle, 0.6 percent a motorcycle, 0.8 percent a car, 0.1 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   ML MAS -IPSP UNAMOS-BOLIVIA CAMBIO MPS FPV
4,929   4,446 3,105   750 700 670 457 430 98
  100% 69.8%   24.2% 22.5% 21.6% 14.7% 13.8% 3.2%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Caquiaviri

  • Achiri Canton

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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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