Municipio Colquiri

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Municipio Colquiri
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		19,748 inhabitants (2012 census)
19 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1004
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,029 km²
height 4000  m
Coordinates 17 ° 25 ′  S , 67 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 25 ′  S , 67 ° 0 ′  W
Municipio Colquiri (Bolivia)
Municipio Colquiri
Municipio Colquiri
politics

Department La Paz
province Inquisivi Province
Central place Colquiri
climate
Climate diagram Colquiri
Climate diagram Colquiri

The municipality Colquiri is a municipality in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Colquiri is one of six Municipios of the Inquisivi Province and is located in the south-western part of the province. It is bordered on the northwest by the municipality Ichoca , to the west and south by the department of Oruro , on the east by the department of Cochabamba and in the northeast to the Inquisivi Municipality .

The municipality has 156 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Colquiri with 5935 inhabitants in the western part of the municipality. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of Colquiri lies at an average altitude of 4000  m and extends from the peaks of the Quimsa Cruz cordillera to the high valleys to the east, between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east. The region has a distinctive 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 high valleys is 7 ° C (see climate diagram), the monthly values ​​fluctuate only slightly between 3 ° C in June and July and 9 ° C from November to February. The annual precipitation is 500 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the dry season from May to August and 100 to 120 mm in January and February.

In the tin deposits of Colquiri u. a. the rare colquiriite found a fluoride -mineral that in association with sphalerite and pyrite occurs.

population

The population of the Municipio Colquiri has increased by around 15 percent in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 17 052 census
2001 18 351 census
2012 19 748 census

In the last census in 2012, the municipality had a population density of 19.2 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 55.1 years, the infant mortality rate was from 9.7 percent ( 1992 ) to 9.4 percent a year 2001 remained almost unchanged.

The literacy rate among those over 15 was 73.2 percent in 2001, namely 86.0 percent for men and 59.4 percent for women.

72.4 percent of the population speak Spanish , 82.9 percent speak Aymara , and 3.3 percent speak Quechua . ( 2001 )

74.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 87.3 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

73.3 percent of the total of 4,953 households have a radio, 18.3 percent a television, 19.9 percent a bicycle, 4.0 percent a motorcycle, 1.7 percent a car, 3.4 percent a refrigerator and 0.7 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   MPS MAS -IPSP MSM
7,678   6,840 4,978   2,077 1,766 1,135
  100% 72.8%   41.7% 35.5% 22.8%

structure

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

  • 02-1004-01 Canton Colquiri - 30 villages - 7,904 inhabitants ( 2001: 5,495 inhabitants )
  • 02-1004-02 Canton Caluyo - 14 localities - 1,941 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,940 inhabitants )
  • 02-1004-03 Canton Coriri - 22 villages - 1,792 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,606 inhabitants )
  • 02-1004-04 Canton Lanza - 46 towns - 3,122 inhabitants ( 2001: 3,688 inhabitants )
  • 02-1004-05 Canton Uyuni - 12 towns - 1,560 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,690 inhabitants )
  • 02-1004-06 Canton Huayllamarca - 1 village - 112 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,036 inhabitants )
  • 02-1004-07 Canton Villa Hancacota - 18 villages - 1,889 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,077 inhabitants )
  • 02-1004-08 Canton of Pauca - 13 towns - 2,014 inhabitants ( 2001: 2,147 inhabitants )

Localities in the municipality of Colquiri

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mineralogy and Petrology Journal, December 1980
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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