Municipio Colquechaca
| Municipio Colquechaca | |||
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 Alley in Colquechaca |
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| Population (state) - population density |
34,722 inhabitants (2012 census) 19 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 05-0401 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,846 km² | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 53 ′ S , 66 ° 5 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Chayanta Province | ||
| Central place | Colquechaca | ||
 Location of the Municipio Colquechaca in the Department of Potosí |
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 Climate diagram Colquechaca |
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The Municipio Colquechaca ( Aymara and Quechua : qullqi chaka , "silver bridge ") is a district in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Colquechaca is one of four municipalities in the province of Chayanta . It is bordered to the north by the province of Charcas , in the northeast of the municipality Pocoata , on the west by the department of Oruro , on the south by Tomás Frías Province , on the east by the Ocurí Municipality , and on the northeast by the municipality of Ravelo .
The central place of the municipality is the provincial capital Colquechaca with 4,272 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northern part of the district.
geography
The municipality of Colquechaca is located in the central western section of the Bolivian Cordillera Central , which extends as part of the eastern Andean chain between the Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate is typical of the time of day , in which temperatures fluctuate more during the day than during the year.
The long-term average annual temperature is around 4 ° C (see climate diagram), the monthly values range between 0 ° C in June / July and 6 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is 460 mm, from May to August there is a dry season of less than 5 mm of precipitation per month, while the amount of precipitation in January and February reaches about 100 mm.
population
The population of the Municipio Colquechaca has almost doubled in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 23,650 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 31,037 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 34,722 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the last census of 2012 was 18.8 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 12.3 percent, the proportion of the population under 15 years of age was 44.3 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 38 percent, namely 58 percent for men and 21 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 78 percent is Quechua . 89 percent of the population are Catholic, 5 percent Protestant. ( 1992 )
The life expectancy of newborns is 50 years. 99 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 97 percent live without sanitary facilities. ( 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 | MOP | MSM | AS | ||
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| 12,872 | 10,107 | 6,984 | 5,626 | 619 | 444 | 295 | ||
| 100% | 69.1% | 80.6% | 8.9% | 6.4% | 4.2% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following cantons ( cantones ):
- 05-0401-01 Colquechaca canton - 17 localities - 6,578 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
- 05-0401-02 Canton Macha - 95 localities - 9,407 inhabitants
- 05-0401-03 Canton Surumi - 55 villages - 5,926 inhabitants
- 05-0401-04 Ayoma Canton - 105 localities - 10,986 inhabitants
- 05-0401-05 Canton Rosario - 23 localities - 1,825 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Colquechaca
- Colquechaca Canton
- Colquechaca 4272 pop - Kalasaya 492 pop
- Ayoma Canton
- Bombori pop 628 - Chairapata (Colquechaca) pop 581 - Chuarani pop 503 - Ayoma pop 301
- Canton of Rosario
- Pampa Colorada pop. 342.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Colquechaca - General Maps No. 50401
- Municipio Colquechaca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 964 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )