Municipio Huayllamarca

Municipio Huayllamarca
Basic data
Full name	Santiago de Huayllamarca
Population (state) ; - population density	5502 inhabitants (2012 census) ; 6 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	04-1601
Telephone code	(+591)
surface	863 km²
height	4000 m
Coordinates	17 ° 53 ′ S , 67 ° 53 ′ W Coordinates: 17 ° 53 ′ S , 67 ° 53 ′ W
	Santiago de Huayllamarca
	Santiago de Huayllamarca
politics
Department	Oruro
province	Nor Carangas Province
Central place	Huayllamarca
climate
	; Climate diagram Huayllamarca

The municipality Huayllamarca (also: Santiago de Huayllamarca ) is a district in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Huayllamarca is the only municipality in the province of Nor Carangas . It is bordered to the north by the La Paz department , to the west by the province of San Pedro de Totora , to the south by the province of Carangas , to the southeast by the province of Saucarí , and to the northeast by the province of Cercado .

The central place of the municipality and the most populous place is Huayllamarca (also: Santiago de Huayllamarca ) with 352 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the northwestern part of the district.

geography

Huayllamarca is located between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Occidental in the Andean dry climate of the Altiplano .

The mean annual precipitation is about 330 mm and falls 80 percent in the months of December to March (see climate diagram). The annual average temperature is just under +8 ° C, the monthly average values fluctuate between +4 ° C in June / July and around +10 ° C from November to March.

population

The population of the municipality of Huayllamarca has increased only slightly in the past two decades:

1992 : 4,900 inhabitants ( census )
2001 : 5,790 inhabitants (census)
2010 : 5,502 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2012 was 6.4 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.2 years.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 79 percent, 92 percent for men and 64 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	U.N.	FPV
2,816		2,594	1,775		1.314	380	81
		92.1%	68.4%		74.0%	21.4%	4.6%

structure

The municipality Huayllamarca divided into the following eight cantons ( cantones ):

04-1601-01 Canton of Huayllamarca - 31 localities - 1,838 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
04-1601-02 Canton Llanquera - 21 localities - 710 inhabitants
04-1601-03 Canton of San Miguel - 19 localities - 604 inhabitants
04-1601-04 Canton Bella Vista - 11 towns - 511 inhabitants
04-1601-05 Canton of Belen de Choquecota - 7 towns - 352 inhabitants
04-1601-06 Canton Chuquichambi - 10 villages - 758 inhabitants
04-1601-07 Chojnahuma canton - 19 localities - 315 inhabitants
04-1601-09 Canton Puerto Nequeta - 13 localities - 414 inhabitants