Municipio Chuma

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Municipio Chuma
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		11,461 inhabitants (2012 census)
11 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0501
Telephone code (+591)
surface 997 km²
height 3000  m
Coordinates 15 ° 30 ′  S , 68 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 30 ′  S , 68 ° 55 ′  W
Municipio Chuma (Bolivia)
Municipio Chuma
Municipio Chuma
politics

Department La Paz
province Muñecas Province
Central place Chuma
climate
Climate diagram Mocomoco
Climate diagram Mocomoco

The municipality of Chuma is a district in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes -State Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Chuma is one of three municipalities in the province of Muñecas and is located in the western part of the province. It is bordered to the west by the province of Eliodoro Camacho , to the south by the province of Omasuyos , to the east by the province of Larecaja , to the northeast by the municipality of Ayata , and to the north by the province of Bautista Saavedra .

The municipality has 120 localities ( localidades ). The administrative seat of the municipality is Chuma with 370 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality, the largest village is Chajlaya with 699 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The Municipio Chuma is located on the Bolivian Altiplano at an average altitude of 3000  m , on the western edge of the Cordillera Real . The climate of the region is a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature fluctuations during the day are more pronounced than during the year.

The mean average temperature of the municipality is almost 14 ° C (see climate diagram Mocomoco), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 11 ° C in June / July and 15 ° C from October to March. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 20 mm from July to August and 100 to 150 mm from December to March.

population

The population of the Municipio Chuma has increased by more than a third in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 8 605 census
2001 12 874 census
2012 11 461 census

In the last census of 2012, the municipality had a population density of 11.5 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 60.3 years, and the infant mortality rate was 9.3 percent (1992) to 7.2 percent slightly decreased in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 62.4 percent, namely 76.6 percent for men and 47.2 percent for women (2001) .

71.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 88.5 percent speak Aymara , and 9.8 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

97.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 84.7 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

51.8 percent of the total of 3,453 households own a radio, 0.3 percent a television, 5.7 percent a bicycle, 0.3 percent a motorcycle, 0.4 percent a car, 0.1 percent a refrigerator and 0.1 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 MPS MSM MTL ASP U.N.
4,460   3,894 2,791   1,190 532 403 322 255 89
  100% 71.7%   42.6% 19.1% 14.4% 11.5% 9.1% 3.2%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Chuma

  • Canton of Chuma

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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