Municipio Curva
| Municipio Curva | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
3285 inhabitants (2012 census) 6 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-1602 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 593 km² | ||
| height | 4500 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 1 ′ S , 68 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Bautista Saavedra Province | ||
| Central place | Curva | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Charazani |
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The municipality Curva is a district in the department of La Paz in the South American Andes -State Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Curva is one of two municipalities in the province of Bautista Saavedra and is located in the western part of the province. It borders on the province of Franz Tamayo to the north and west and the municipality of Charazani to the south and east .
The central place of the municipality is Curva with 1,047 inhabitants (2012 census) in the southern part of the district.
geography
The Municipio Curva is located on the Bolivian Altiplano in the Cordillera Apolobamba , the northern section of the Bolivian Cordillera Central . The region has a distinct daytime climate, with temperature fluctuations being greater during the day than during the year.
The mean average temperature of the region is around 13 ° C and thus 2 ° C lower than in neighboring Charazani (see climate diagram Charazani), the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 10 ° C in June / July and 15 ° C from November to February. The annual precipitation is around 750 mm, the monthly precipitation is between under 20 mm from June to August and 100 to 140 mm from December to March.
population
The population of the Municipio Curva has doubled over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 589 | census |
| 2001 | 2 213 | census |
| 2012 | 3,285 | census |
The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 55.8 years, and infant mortality rose from 8.0 percent (1992) to 9.1 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 69.7 percent, namely 86.5 percent for men and 53.8 percent for women (2001) .
50.7 percent of the population speak Spanish , 80.4 percent speak Quechua , and 19.0 percent speak Aymara . (2001)
93.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 95.3 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
64.9 percent of households have a radio, 0.7 percent a television, 14.3 percent a bicycle, 0.2 percent a motorcycle, 0.5 percent a car, 0.0 percent a refrigerator, 0.0 percent one Phone. (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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| 792 | 707 | 488 | 488 | ||
| 89.3% | 69.0% | 100.0% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following seven cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-1602-01 Canton Curva - 1 village - 1047 inhabitants ( 2001 : 523 inhabitants)
- 02-1602-02 Canton Caalaya - 4 villages - 382 inhabitants ( 2001 : 502 inhabitants)
- 02-1602-03 Canton Cañisaya - 8 villages - 431 inhabitants ( 2001 : 204 inhabitants)
- 02-1602-04 Canton Puli - 4 towns - 295 inhabitants ( 2001 : 136 inhabitants)
- 02-1602-05 Canton Lagunillas - 1 village - 191 inhabitants ( 2001 : 158 inhabitants)
- 02-1602-07 Canton Taypi Cañuhuma - 1 village - 678 inhabitants ( 2001 : 323 inhabitants)
- 02-1602-08 Canton Upinhuaya - 1 village - 261 inhabitants ( 2001 : 265 inhabitants)
Localities in the Municipio Curva
- Canton of Curva
- Curva 1047 pop.
- Taypi Cañuhuma Canton
- Taypi Cañuma Pop. 678.
Individual evidence
- ↑ GEO ReiseCommunity
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Curva - General Maps No. 21602
- Municipio Curva - detailed map and population data (PDF; 549 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )