Municipio Huarina
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| Residents (state) | 8375 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| Post Code | 02-0204 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| height | 3900 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 9 ′ S , 68 ° 36 ′ W | ||
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Omasuyos Province | ||
| Central place | Huarina | ||
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 Climate diagram Achacachi |
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The municipality of Huarina is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Huarina is one of six municipalities in the province of Omasuyos and is located in the southern part of the province. It is bordered by the Municipio Achacachi to the north and northwest , Lake Titicaca to the west , and the Los Andes Province to the south and east .
The municipality has 46 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the village Huarina with 1,554 inhabitants in the southern part of the district ( 2012 census ).
geography
The municipality of Huarina is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the east bank of Lake Titicaca at an average altitude of 3900 m , between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The climate in the Huarina area is derived from the altitude on the Altiplano and the proximity to the large body of water of Lake Titicaca, which mitigates temperature fluctuations. The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see climate diagram Achacachi), with the monthly average in the coldest month (July) at 8 ° C only slightly deviating from the warmest month (November to March) at 12 ° C. The climate is arid from June to August with only sporadic rainfall, and it is humid in the summer months, especially from December to March, with monthly rainfall of more than 100 mm. The annual precipitation is around 600 mm.
population
By law of July 15, 2005, the municipality of Huarina was separated from the municipality of Achacachi, and on January 20, 2009, the municipality of Santiago de Huata was also separated . The population of the Municipio Huarina has increased slightly in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 7 659 | census |
| 2001 | 7 626 | census |
| 2012 | 8 375 | census |
In the last census of 2001, the municipality of Achacachi / Huarani / Santiago de Huata had a population density of 66 inhabitants / km², the life expectancy of newborns was 59.4 years, and the infant mortality rate was from 7.9 percent (1992) to 7, 6 percent decreased slightly in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over 19 was 71.0 percent, namely 86.8 percent for men and 57.0 percent for women (2001) .
66.5 percent of the population in the municipality of Achacachi / Huarina / Santiago de Huata spoke Spanish , 94.1 percent spoke Aymara , and 0.2 percent spoke Quechua . (2001)
59.4 percent of the population had no access to electricity , 83.4 percent lived without sanitary facilities (2001) .
57.0 percent of households in 2001 had a radio, 16.7 percent a television, 27.2 percent a bicycle, 0.8 percent a motorcycle, 1.5 percent a car, 0.6 percent a refrigerator, 1, 3 percent a 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 | MSM | ||
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| 3,966 | 3,637 | 2,730 | 1,891 | 839 | ||
| 91.7% | 75.1% | 69.3% | 30.7% |
structure
In the last census in 2012, the municipality of Huarina was divided into the following two cantons:
- 02-0204-02 Canton of Huarina - 40 villages - 7,339 inhabitants
- 02-0204-13 Canton of Copancara - 6 towns - 1,036 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Huarina
- Canton of Huarina
- Huarina 1554 pop - Coromata Alta 462 pop - Cota Cota Baja 435 pop - Cota Cota Alta 415 pop - Mocomoco 270 pop.
- Copancara Canton
- Copancara pop. 183
- other localities
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 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
- CDIMA - Municipio de Haurina ( Spanish )
- Municipio Huarina - General Maps No. 20201
- Municipio Huarina - detailed map and population data (PDF; 671 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department of La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )