Municipio Charazani

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Municipio Charazani
View of the village of Charazani
View of the village of Charazani
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		13,023 inhabitants (2012 census)
5 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1601
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,525 km²
height 3900  m
Coordinates 15 ° 5 ′  S , 68 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 5 ′  S , 68 ° 45 ′  W
Municipio Charazani (Bolivia)
Municipio Charazani
Municipio Charazani
politics

Department La Paz
province Bautista Saavedra Province
Central place Charazani
climate
Climate diagram Charazani
Climate diagram Charazani

The Municipio Charazani (also: General Juan José Pérez) is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Charazani is one of two municipalities in the province of Bautista Saavedra and is located in the eastern part of the province. It is bordered on the northwest by the Curva Municipality , on the west by the Republic of Peru , on the southwest by the province Eliodoro Camacho , on the south by the muñecas province , in the southeast of the province Larecaja , and on the northeast by the province Franz Tamayo .

The central place of the municipality is Charazani with 723 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southwestern part of the municipality, the largest town is Amarete with 3,304 inhabitants south of Charazani.

geography

The Municipio Charazani is located on the Bolivian Altiplano in the Cordillera Apolobamba , the northern section of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The region has a distinct daytime climate, with temperature fluctuations being greater during the day than during the year.

The mean average temperature of the region is around 15 ° C (see climate diagram Charazani), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 12 ° C in July and 16 ° C from January to March. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 20 mm from June to August and 100 to 140 mm from December to March.

population

The population of the Municipio Charazani has increased by more than half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 8 406 census
2001 9 262 census
2012 13 023 census

The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 55.9 years, and infant mortality fell from 10.1 percent (1992) to 9.1 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 69.7 percent, namely 83.5 percent for men and 54.7 percent for women (2001) .

47.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 87.4 percent speak Quechua , and 11.0 percent speak Aymara . (2001)

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

57.5 percent of households own a radio, 3.7 percent a television set, 9.7 percent a bicycle, 0.3 percent a motorcycle, 0.5 percent a car, 0.3 percent a refrigerator, 0.3 percent one 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 MSM ASP
4,084   3,504 2,229   1,301 728 200
  100% 63.6%   58.4% 32.7% 9.0%

structure

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

  • 02-1601-01 Canton Charazani (General Juan José Pérez) - 20 towns - 1,536 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,097 inhabitants )
  • 02-1601-02 Canton Amarete - 21 villages - 6,260 inhabitants ( 2001: 3,017 inhabitants )
  • 02-1601-03 Canton Chajaya - 6 villages - 553 inhabitants ( 2001: 510 inhabitants )
  • 02-1601-04 Canton Chullina - 10 villages - 1,535 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,682 inhabitants )
  • 02-1601-05 Canton Carijana - 18 towns - 1,828 inhabitants ( 2001: 671 inhabitants )
  • 02-1601-06 Canton Chari - 5 localities - 536 inhabitants ( 2001: 770 inhabitants )
  • 02-1601-07 Canton Santa Rosa de Caata - 1 village - 775 inhabitants ( 2001: 615 inhabitants )

Localities in the Municipio Charazani

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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