Municipio Huachacalla
| Municipio Huachacalla | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Huachacalla Church |
|||
| Basic data
|
|||
| Population (state) - population density |
1003 inhabitants (2012 census) 42 inhabitants / km² |
||
| Post Code | 04-0501 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 24 km² | ||
| height | 3900 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 48 ′ S , 68 ° 16 ′ W | ||
|
|||
| politics
|
|||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Litoral Province | ||
| Central place | Huachacalla | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Huachacalla |
|||
The municipality of Huachacalla is a district in the Oruro department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Huachacalla is the centrally located of five municipalities in the province of Litoral . It borders the Municipio Cruz de Machacamarca to the north and west , the Municipio Yunguyo del Litoral to the southwest , the Municipio Esmeralda to the south , and the Municipio Escara to the east .
The central and only place of the municipality is the rural town of Huachacalla with 1,003 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the center of the district.
geography
The municipality of Huachacalla is located on the Bolivian Altiplano between the high 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 precipitation is low 200 mm. The annual average temperature is 5.5 ° 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 Huachacalla 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 Huachacalla has dropped to the level of 1992 after a significant increase in the past two decades:
- 1992: 983 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001: 1,650 inhabitants (census)
- 2010: 1,003 inhabitants (update)
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2012 was 42 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population was 0 percent at this time. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 57.8 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 92 percent, 99 percent for men and 83 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 | MSM | MAS-IPSP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 645 | 466 | 340 | 183 | 157 | ||
| 72.2% | 73.0% | 53.8% | 46.2% |
structure
The municipality and has an area 24 is divided not in cantons ( cantones ). It consists entirely of the village of Huachacalla .
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
- Municipio Huachacalla - General Maps No. 40501
- Municipio Huachacalla - detailed map and population data (PDF; 161 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )