Municipio Caracollo

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Municipio Caracollo
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		23,083 inhabitants (2012 census)
10 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 04-0102
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,222 km²
height 3800  m
Coordinates 17 ° 40 ′  S , 67 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 40 ′  S , 67 ° 14 ′  W
Municipio Caracollo (Bolivia)
Municipio Caracollo
Municipio Caracollo
politics

Department Oruro
province Province of Cercado
Central place Caracollo
climate
Caracollo climate diagram
Caracollo climate diagram

The Municipio Caracollo is a district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Caracollo is one of three Municipios in the Province of Cercado . It is bordered to the north by the department of Cochabamba , on the west by the province Tomas Barrón and to the La Paz Department , in the southwest of the province Nor Carangas and the province Saucarí , on the south by the municipality of El Choro , and on the southeast by the municipality Oruro .

The central place of the municipality is the rural town of Caracollo with 5,356 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the center of the district.

geography

The municipality Caracollo is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano in front of the high mountain range of the Cordillera Central . The vegetation of the region is sparse, because at this altitude no more lush growth is possible. The region has a typical time-of-day climate in which the daily temperature fluctuations are more pronounced than the temperature fluctuations between winter and summer.

The annual average temperature is 8 ° C, the monthly values ​​fluctuate between 4 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C in December (see climate diagram). Nocturnal frost temperatures are possible in almost every season. The annual precipitation is low 400 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October and only from December to March there is significant precipitation of up to 100 mm in the monthly average. Due to the low rainfall, the sky is mostly clear and an intense blue color.

population

The population of the Municipio Caracollo has increased by around two thirds in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 14,849 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 19,860 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 23,083 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 10.4 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population in 2001 was 22.2 percent, the life expectancy of newborns was 58.5 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 85 percent, 95 percent for men and 75 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 FPV JM
10,566   9,351 6.329   3,514 1,385 953 477
  100% 67.7%   55.5% 21.9% 15.1% 7.5%

Districts

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

Localities in the Municipio Caracollo

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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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