Municipio Escara
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| Population (state) - population density |
4223 inhabitants (2012 census) 4 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 04-0502 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 1,146 km² | ||
| height | 3800 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 43 ′ S , 68 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Litoral Province | ||
| Central place | Escara | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Huachacalla |
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The Municipio Escara is a district in the Oruro Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Escara is one of the two in the east of a total of five municipalities in the Litoral Province . It borders the province of Sajama in the north, the municipality Cruz de Machacamarca and the municipality Huachacalla in the west, the municipality Esmeralda in the south , and the province Carangas in the east .
The central place of the municipality is the town of Escara with 1,500 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southwestern part of the district.
geography
The municipality Escara is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The climate is semi-arid and has a short rainy season in summer, the annual rainfall is low 200 mm (see Huachacalla climate diagram). The annual average temperature is almost 6 ° C without significant fluctuations in the course of the year, but with strong daily fluctuations in temperature and frequent changes in frost .
The vegetation in the Esmeralda area corresponds to the semi-arid puna . It is treeless and mainly consists of thorn bushes , grasses , succulents and cushion plants . It is used economically as a llama , alpaca and sheep pasture .
population
The population of the Municipio Escara has increased almost tenfold in the past two decades:
- 1992 : 446 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 863 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 4,223 inhabitants (census)
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2012 was 3.7 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 55.4 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 90 percent, 99 percent for men and 80 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 | UQ | ||
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| 512 | 419 | 334 | 237 | 97 | ||
| 81.8% | 79.7% | 71.0% | 29.0% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- 04-0502-01 Canton Escara - 23 towns - 2,341 inhabitants
- 04-0502-02 Canton Payrumani del Litoral - 19 localities - 1,882 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Escara
- Canton of Escara
- Escara 1500 pop.
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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Escara - general maps No. 40502
- Municipio Escara - detailed map and population data (PDF; 466 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )