Municipio Chua Cocani
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| Full name | Chua Cocani | ||
| Residents (state) | 5003 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| Post Code | 02-0203 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 3900 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 10 ′ S , 68 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Omasuyos Province | ||
| Central place | Chua Cocani | ||
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 Climate diagram Achacachi |
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The municipality of Chua Cocani (also: Chúa Cocani ) is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . It was part of the Municipio Achacachi until its creation by Law 1040 / 03-04 of June 28, 2010 . It is made up of the three cantons Chúa Cocani, Chuavisalaya (also ' Chua Visalaya ) and Soncachi Grande. A strip of land about one kilometer wide on the eastern edge of the cantons of Chua Cocani and Soncachi was added to the newly founded Municipio Huatajata when it was re-established.
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Chua Cocani is one of six ( until 2005: two / until 2009: three / until 2010: four ) Municipios of the province of Omasuyos and is located in the southern part of the province. It borders on the municipality of Achacachi in the northeast, north and west, on Lake Titicaca in the southwest , on the municipality of Huatajata in the southeast and on the municipality of Huarina in the east .
The municipality has 42 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village of Chua Cocani with 907 inhabitants in the southern part of the district. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality of Chua Cocani is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the east bank of Lake Titicaca at an average altitude of 3900 m . The region lies between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The climate in the Chúa Cocani area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large water surface of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates temperature fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Achacachi), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest month (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall, and it is humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
population
The population of the Municipio Chua Cocani has fluctuated significantly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 5 025 | census |
| 2001 | 6 782 | census |
| 2012 | 5 003 | census |
The municipality of Achacachi / Huarani / Santiago de Huata / Chua Cocani / Huatajata had a population density of 66 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2001 , the life expectancy of newborns was 59.4 years, and the infant mortality rate was 7.9 percent ( 1992) fell slightly to 7.6 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 was 71.0 percent, namely 86.8 percent for men and 57.0 percent for women (2001) .
66.5 percent of the population in the former municipality of Achacachi spoke Spanish , 94.1 percent spoke Aymara , and 0.2 percent spoke Quechua . (2001)
59.4 percent of the population had no access to electricity , 83.4 percent lived without sanitary facilities (2001) .
57.0 percent of households in 2001 had a radio, 16.7 percent a television, 27.2 percent a bicycle, 0.8 percent a motorcycle, 1.5 percent a car, 0.6 percent a refrigerator, 1, 3 percent a phone. (2001)
structure
The municipality Chua Cocani is divided into the following three cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0203-08 Canton Chua Visalaya - 8 localities - 1,758 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
- 02-0203-11 Canton Soncachi Grande - 3 localities - 887 inhabitants
- 02-0203-12 Canton Chua Cocani - 13 villages - 2,358 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Chua Cocani
- Chua Visalaya Canton
- Chua Visalaya 159 pop.
- Chua Cocani Canton
- Chua Cocani 907 pop - Soncachi Grande 325 pop
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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.
- ↑ [1]
Web links
- Map of the Municipios Chúa Cocani and Huatajata
- Municipio Chúa Cocani u. a. - Overview maps no.20201
- Municipio Chúa Cocani u. a. - Detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )