Municipio Combaya

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Municipio Combaya
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		3731 inhabitants (2012 census)
47 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0605
Telephone code (+591)
surface 80 km²
height 3500  m
Coordinates 15 ° 49 ′  S , 68 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 49 ′  S , 68 ° 45 ′  W
Municipio Combaya (Bolivia)
Municipio Combaya
Municipio Combaya
politics

Department La Paz
province Larecaja Province
Central place Combaya
climate
Climate diagram Sorata
Climate diagram Sorata

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Combaya is one of eight municipalities in the province of Larecaja and is located in the south-western part of the province. It is bordered by the municipality of Tacacoma to the north and east , the province of Muñecas to the northwest , and the province of Omasuyos to the southwest and south .

The municipality measures about eight kilometers in north-south direction and twelve kilometers in east-west direction. The municipality has 17 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Combaya with 897 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northern part of the district, the most populous place is Sorejaya with 1,222 inhabitants in the southern part.

geography

The municipality Combaya is located east of the Bolivian Altiplano in the Cordillera Muñecas , which belongs to the high mountain range of the Cordillera Central .

The mean annual temperature of the region is 18 ° C (see Sorata climate diagram), the annual precipitation is 650 mm. The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 15 ° C in July and 20 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and 100 to 125 mm from December to February.

population

The population of the Municipio Combaya has increased by about half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 2 569 census
2001 2,691 census
2012 3 731 census

The municipality had a population density of 46.6 inhabitants / km² in the last census of 2012 , the life expectancy of newborns in 2012 was 59.2 years, the infant mortality rate was from 5.6 percent (1992) to 7.7 percent in The year 2001 increased, the literacy rate among the 6+ year olds was 73.6 percent.

49.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 98.5 percent speak Aymara , and 0.1 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

98.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 97.4 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

47.8 percent of the 823 households have a radio, 0 percent a television, 2.4 percent a bicycle, 0 percent a motorcycle, 0.1 percent a car, 0 percent a refrigerator, 0.1 percent a telephone. (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 MSM MPS
1,113   993 619   230 203 186
  100% 62.3%   37.2% 32.8% 30.0%

structure

The municipality is divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Combaya

  • San Pedro de Sorejaya Canton

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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