Municipio Chayanta

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Municipio Chayanta
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density
16,108 inhabitants (2012 census)
27 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05-0202
Telephone code (+591)
surface 604 km²
height 3700  m
Coordinates 18 ° 25 ′  S , 66 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 25 ′  S , 66 ° 23 ′  W
Municipio Chayanta (Bolivia)
Municipio Chayanta
Municipio Chayanta
politics

Department Potosí
province Rafael Bustillo Province
Central place Chayanta
Location of the Municipio Chayanta in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio Chayanta
in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Uncía
Climate diagram Uncía

The Municipio Chayanta is a district in the Potosí Department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Chayanta is one of four Municipios in the province of Rafael Bustillo and borders in the southwest on the Municipio Uncía and in the northwest on the Municipio Llallagua .

The central place of the municipality is the city of Chayanta with 2,417 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southwestern part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Chayanta is located east of the Bolivian Altiplano in the high valleys of the Cordillera Azanaques in the northern section of the Cordillera Central . The vegetation is that of the puna , the climate is a typical time of day climate in which the daily temperature fluctuations are greater than the seasonal fluctuations.

The mean annual temperature of the region is 9 ° C, the monthly averages fluctuate between just under 5 ° C in June / July and 11 ° C from November to March (see climate diagram Uncía). The annual precipitation is 370 mm and falls mainly in the summer months, the arid period with monthly values ​​of a maximum of 10 mm lasts from April to October.

population

The population of the Municipio Chayanta has increased by around 20 percent over the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 12,922 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 14,165 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 16,108 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 26.7 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 15 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 51 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is only 59 percent, 81 percent for men and 39 percent for women. ( 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 AS MOP
6,419   5,406 3,466   1,721 1,051 694
  100% 64.1%   49.7% 30.3% 20.0%

structure

The municipality of Chayanta is divided into the following two ayllus :

Localities in the municipality of Chayanta

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
  5. Autonomías indígenas, construcción de nación y fortalecimiento del Estado, pp. 48–54

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