Municipio Charaña
| Municipio Charaña | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
3246 population (2012 census) 1 population / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-0305 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 2,910 km² | ||
| height | 4100 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 41 ′ S , 69 ° 14 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Pacajes Province | ||
| Central place | Charaña | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Charaña |
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The Municipio Charaña is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Charaña is one of eight municipalities in the province of Pacajes and is located in the southwestern part of the province. It borders in the northwest with the province of José Manuel Pando , in the west with the Republic of Chile , in the southeast and east with the Municipio Calacoto , and in the north with the Municipio Caquiaviri .
The municipality comprises 86 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Charaña with 1,177 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) on the western edge of the district.
geography
The municipality Charaña is located at an average altitude of 4100 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 Charaña region has a semi-arid climate, as the rainfall for more than six months is insufficient for the vegetation to grow. The mean annual temperature in the Municipio Charaña is 8.3 ° C, the annual precipitation is only 300 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between just under 5 ° C from June to July and just over 10 ° C from November to January. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months May to October and about 50 mm from December to March.
population
The population of the Municipio Charaña has increased by around a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 2,473 | census |
| 2001 | 2,766 | census |
| 2012 | 3 246 | census |
The municipality had a population density of 1.1 inhabitants / km² in the last census of 2012 , the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was only 53.8 years, the infant mortality rate was from 7.9 percent (1992) to 9.9 percent increased in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 88.3 percent, namely 96.0 percent for men and 80.0 percent for women (2001) .
87.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 83.9 percent speak Aymara , and 0.5 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
90.3 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 82.2 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
51.7 percent of the total of 846 households have a radio, 8.4 percent a television, 52.8 percent a bicycle, 5.8 percent a motorcycle, 2.5 percent a car, 0.2 percent a refrigerator and 0.7 percent Percent a phone. (2001)
politics
Results of the elections for the municipal council ( concejales del municipio ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:
| Eligible voters | be right | valid | MAS -IPSP | FPV | MSM | ||
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| 1,390 | 1,247 | 901 | 374 | 327 | 200 | ||
| 100% | 72.3% | 41.5% | 36.3% | 22.2% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following five cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0305-01 Canton Charaña - 30 localities - 2,099 inhabitants
- 02-0305-02 Canton Chiaraqui - 6 towns - 127 inhabitants
- 02-0305-04 Canton General Perez - 15 localities - 347 inhabitants
- 02-0305-05 Canton Ladislao Cabrera - 19 towns - 385 inhabitants
- 02-0305-06 Canton Río Blanco - 16 towns - 288 inhabitants
Localities in the Municipio Charaña
- Canton Charaña
- Charaña 1177 pop.
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 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Charaña - General Maps No. 20305
- Municipio Charaña - detailed map and population data (PDF; 692 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )