Municipio Coroico

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Municipio Coroico
Landscape near Coroico
Landscape near Coroico
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density
19,397 inhabitants (2012 census)
18 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1401
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,055 km²
height 2000  m
Coordinates 16 ° 10 ′  S , 67 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 10 ′  S , 67 ° 50 ′  W
Municipio Coroico (Bolivia)
Municipio Coroico
Municipio Coroico
politics

Department La Paz
province Nor Yungas Province
Central place Coroico
climate
Coroico climate diagram
Coroico climate diagram

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Coroico is one of two municipalities in the province of Nor Yungas and is located in the western part of the province. It borders in the northwest and west with the province of Murillo , in the south with the province Sud Yungas , in the east with the municipality Coripata , and in the northeast with the province Caranavi .

The municipality has 125 localities ( localidades ). The central place of the municipality is Coroico with 2,319 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the eastern part of the district.

geography

The Municipio Coroico is located at a mean altitude of 2000  m 90 km east of Lake Titicaca in the Yungas region between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Real and the foothills of the Amazon lowlands.
The annual precipitation here in the subtropical Yungas is 1100 mm (see Coroico climate diagram) and has a clear dry season from May to August and a rainy season from December to February. The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only insignificantly between 20 ° C and 25 ° C.

population

The population of the Municipio Coroico has almost doubled over the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 10 157 census
2001 12 237 census
2012 19 397 census

In the last census of 2012 the municipality had a population density of 18.4 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.0 years, the infant mortality rate was from 6.1 percent (1992) to 6.4 percent in 2001 increased slightly.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 85.0 percent, namely 92.0 percent for men and 76.0 percent for women (2001) .

93.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 62.1 percent speak Aymara , and 3.5 percent speak Quechua . (2001)

78.6 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 54.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .

80.3 percent of the total of 3,306 households have a radio, 28.7 percent a television, 13.9 percent a bicycle, 3.3 percent a motorcycle, 5.7 percent a car, 13.9 percent a refrigerator and 6.2 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 MPS MSM
8,393   7.182 4,622   2,283 1,378 961
  100% 64.4%   49.4% 29.8% 20.8%

structure

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

  • 02-1401-01 Canton Coroico - 74 villages - 13,481 inhabitants ( 2001: 8,876 inhabitants )
  • 02-1401-02 Canton Mururata - 28 localities - 3.718 inhabitants ( 2001: 2.082 inhabitants )
  • 02-1401-03 Canton Pacollo - 23 villages - 2,198 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,279 inhabitants )

Localities in the Municipio Coroico

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 March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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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