Municipio Coro Coro

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Municipio Coro Coro
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		10,628 inhabitants (2012 census)
10 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-0301
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,094 km²
height 4000  m
Coordinates 17 ° 10 ′  S , 68 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 10 ′  S , 68 ° 25 ′  W
Municipio Coro Coro (Bolivia)
Municipio Coro Coro
Municipio Coro Coro
politics

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

The Municipio Coro Coro (also: Corocoro ) is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Coro Coro is one of eight Municipios of the Pacajes Province and is located in the northeastern part of the province. It is bordered by the Municipio Calacoto to the southwest , the Municipio Callapa to the south, the Province of Aroma and the Municipio Waldo Ballivián to the east, the Municipio Comanche to the north, and the Municipio Caquiaviri to the northwest .

The municipality comprises 100 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Coro Coro with 1,853 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the central part of the district.

geography

The municipality Coro Coro 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 distinctive time-of-day climate, with temperatures fluctuating more during the day than during the year.
The mean annual temperature in the region is 7 ° C (see Coro Coro climate diagram), the monthly mean temperatures fluctuate only slightly between just under 4 ° C in July and a good 8 ° C in December. The annual precipitation is 500 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm from May to August and 100 to 125 mm in January and February.

population

The population of the Municipio Coro Coro has fluctuated slightly over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 10 490 census
2001 11 813 census
2012 10 628 census

In the last census of 2012, the municipality had a population density of 9.7 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 61.7 years, and the infant mortality rate was from 8.2 percent (1992) to 6.6 percent dropped in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 83.8 percent, 94.9 percent for men and 72.7 percent for women (2001) .

77.9 percent of the population speak Spanish , 86.4 percent speak Aymara , and 0.6 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

82.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 80.9 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

68.1 percent of the total of 3,641 households have a radio, 9.6 percent a television, 31.6 percent a bicycle, 0.8 percent a motorcycle, 2.1 percent a car, 1.0 percent a refrigerator and 0.3 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   QATUQI MAS -IPSP ASP MPS MSM PPQA
4,416   3,936 2,627   883 722 579 231 128 84
  100% 66.7%   33.6% 27.5% 22.0% 8.8% 4.9% 3.2%

structure

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

Localities in the Municipio Coro Coro

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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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