Municipio Curahuara de Carangas
| Municipio Curahuara de Carangas | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
4183 inhabitants (2012 census) 1 inhabitant / km² |
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| Post Code | 04-0401 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 2,895 km² | ||
| height | 4100 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 0 ′ S , 68 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sajama Province | ||
| Central place | Curahuara de Carangas | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Curahuara de Carangas |
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The Municipio Curahuara de Carangas is a district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Curahuara de Carangas is the northern of the two Municipios of the Sajama Province . It is bordered in the northwest by the Department of La Paz , in the west by the Republic of Chile , in the south by the Municipio Turco , and in the east by the province of San Pedro de Totora .
The central place of the municipality is Curahuara de Carangas with 1,668 inhabitants (2012 census) in the northeastern part of the district.
geography
The Municipio Curahuara de Carangas is located 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 average temperature of the region is 9 ° C, the annual precipitation is around 450 mm (see climate diagram). The monthly average temperatures fluctuate only marginally between 7 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December, the monthly precipitation is between under 10 mm in the months of June and July and close to 100 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the Municipio Curahuara de Carangas has changed little over the past two decades:
- 1992 : 4,092 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 5,278 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 4,183 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2012 was 1.4 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 0 percent, the life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 65.5 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 84 percent, 95 percent for men and 72 percent for women ( 2001 ).
politics
Results of the elections for the municipal council ( concejales del municipio ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:
| electoral legitimate |
electoral participation |
valid votes | MAS-IPSP | ||
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| 2,487 | 2,009 | 839 | 839 | ||
| 80.8% | 41.8% | 100.0% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- 04-0401-01 Curahuara de Carangas canton - 40 towns - 3,413 inhabitants
- 04-0401-02 Sajama canton - 8 towns - 472 inhabitants
- 04-0401-03 Canton Caripe - 1 village - 134 inhabitants
- 04-0401-04 Canton Laguna - 1 village - 164 inhabitants
Localities in the Municipio Curahuara de Carangas
- Curahuara de Carangas canton
- Curahuara de Carangas 1668 pop.
- Sajama Canton
- Sajama Pop. 276.
- Canton of Caripe
- Caripe 134 pop.
- Canton of Laguna
- Lagunas pop. 164
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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. (PDF; 1.04 MB)
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)
- Municipio Curahuara - General Maps No. 40401
- Municipio Curahuara de Carangas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 679 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )