Municipio Escoma
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| Residents (state) | 7186 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| Post Code | 02-0405 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 15 ° 37 ′ S , 69 ° 9 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
| Central place | Escoma | ||
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 Climate diagram Puerto Acosta |
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The municipality Escoma is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Escoma was set up as an independent municipality by law in 2009 and emerged from the cantons Escoma, Villa Puni, Collasuyo and Peninsula de Challapata, which were four of the nine cantons of the municipality Puerto Acosta until 2009 .
Today the municipality of Escoma is one of five municipalities in the province of Eliodoro Camacho and is located in the central part of the province. It is bordered in the northeast, north and west by the municipality of Puerto Acosta , in the south by Lake Titicaca , in the southeast by the municipality of Puerto Carabuco , and in the east by the municipality of Mocomoco .
The municipality consists of 26 sub-cantons ( vicecantones ) and has 38 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is Escoma with 1,162 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the southeastern part of the municipality.
geography
The municipality of Escoma is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Real .
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 9 ° C, the annual precipitation is around 850 mm (see climate diagram Puerto Acosta). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between almost 6 ° C in July and a good 10 ° C from November to January. The monthly precipitation is between under 15 mm from June to August and a humidity period from December to March with values between 120 and 170 mm.
population
The population of the Municipio Escoma has increased slightly over the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 6 611 | census |
| 2001 | 7 077 | census |
| 2012 | 7 186 | census |
For the entire municipality of Puerto Acosta, the last census in 2001 included the following data:
- The municipality had a population density of 33.2 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns was 59.8 years, and infant mortality had increased from 6.5 percent (1992) to 7.4 percent in 2001.
- The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 was 72.6 percent, namely 87.5 percent for men and 58.9 percent for women.
- 51.1 percent of the population speak Spanish , 97.3 percent speak Aymara , and 0.2 percent speak Quechua .
- 82.0 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 87.1 percent live without sanitary facilities .
- 45.2 percent of households own a radio, 4.5 percent a television, 22.1 percent a bicycle, 0.4 percent a motorcycle, 0.5 percent a car, 0.1 percent a refrigerator, and 0.2 percent a telephone.
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 | MPS | MAS-IPSP | MSM | U.N. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,532 | 3,269 | 1,960 | 968 | 628 | 318 | 46 | ||
| 92.6% | 60.0% | 49.4% | 32.0% | 16.2% | 2.3% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following four cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0405-03 Canton Escoma - 18 sub- cantons - 28 towns - 4,915 inhabitants
- 02-0405-04 Canton Península de Challapata - 2 sub- cantons - 2 villages - 845 inhabitants
- 02-0405-06 Canton Villa Puni - 2 sub- cantons - 2 villages - 574 inhabitants
- 02-0405-07 Canton Collasuyo - 4 sub- cantons - 6 localities - 852 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Escoma
- Canton of Península de Challapata
- Challapata Grande 669 pop - Challapata Belén 176 pop
- Canton of Villa Puni
- Villa Puni 413 pop.
- Collasuyo Canton
- Collasuyo 13 pop.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ley 4004 of February 6, 2009
- ^ 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 Puerto Acosta - General Maps No. 20401
- Municipio Puerto Acosta - detailed map and population data (PDF; 473 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )