Municipio of Comanche

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Municipio of Comanche
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		3880 inhabitants (2012 census)
8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0304
Telephone code (+591)
surface 461 km²
height 4000  m
Coordinates 17 ° 0 ′  S , 68 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 0 ′  S , 68 ° 25 ′  W
Municipio Comanche (Bolivia)
Municipio of Comanche
Municipio of Comanche
politics

Department La Paz
province Pacajes Province
Central place Comanche
climate
Climate diagram Comanche
Climate diagram Comanche

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Comanche is one of eight municipalities in the Pacajes province and is located in the northern part of the province. It borders the Municipio Caquiaviri to the west, the Municipio Coro Coro to the south, the Province of Aroma to the east , and the Province of Ingavi to the north .

The municipality comprises 31 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Comanche with 492 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the central part of the district.

geography

The municipality of Comanche is located at an average altitude of 4000  m south of Lake Titicaca on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east. The region has a distinct daytime climate, with temperature fluctuations being greater during the day than during the year.

The mean annual temperature of the region is 7 ° C (see climate diagram), the monthly values ​​fluctuate only slightly between 4 ° C in June / July and 9 ° C in December. Annual precipitation is around 550 mm, with monthly precipitation ranging from less than 10 mm from May to July and 100 to 150 mm from January to February.

population

The number of inhabitants in the Municipio Comanche has decreased slightly over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 4 196 census
2001 3 862 census
2012 3880 census

In the last census in 2012, the municipality had a population density of 8.4 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 57.4 years, the infant mortality rate was from 6.9 percent (1992) to 8.4 percent increased in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 77.2 percent, namely 88.7 percent for men and 67.1 percent for women (2001) .

78.0 percent of the population speak Spanish , 96.6 percent speak Aymara , and 0.1 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

89.8 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 64.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

72.6 percent of the total of 1,199 households have a radio, 4.5 percent a television, 4.5 percent a bicycle, 0.8 percent a motorcycle, 0.4 percent a car, 0.1 percent a refrigerator and 0.2 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
1,698   1,564 417   417
  100% 26.7%   100.0%

structure

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

Localities in the municipality of Comanche

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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