Municipio Jesús de Machaca
| Municipio Jesús de Machaca | |||
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| Population (state) - population density |
14,950 inhabitants (2012 census) 16 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 02-0806 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 955 km² | ||
| height | 4000 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16 ° 45 ′ S , 68 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | La Paz | ||
| province | Ingavi Province | ||
| Central place | Jesus de Machaca | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram El Alto |
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The Municipio Jesús de Machaca is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The Municipio Jesús de Machaca is one of seven Municipios of the Ingavi Province and is located in the central part of the province. It borders in the north with the municipality Tiahuanacu and with the municipality Guaqui , in the northwest with the municipality Desaguadero , in the west with the municipality San Andrés de Machaca , in the south with the province Pacajes , in the east with the municipality Viacha , and in the northeast with the Los Andes Province .
The municipality has 69 localities ( localidades ), the administrative seat of the municipality is Jesús de Machaca with 604 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality; the largest towns in the municipality are Titicani Tucari with 913 inhabitants and Corpa with 783 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )
geography
The municipality Jesús de Machaca is located at an average altitude of 4000 m south of Lake Titicaca on the Bolivian Altiplano between the Andes mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera Central in the east.
The mean annual temperature of the region is 8 ° C, the annual precipitation is 500 to 600 mm (see climate diagram El Alto). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 7 ° C in July and 11 ° C in December. The monthly precipitation is between less than 10 mm in the months of June and July and close to 100 mm from December to February.
population
The population of the Municipio Jesús de Machaca has grown by almost a quarter in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 12 687 | census |
| 2001 | 13 247 | census |
| 2012 | 14 950 | census |
The municipality had a population density of 15.7 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 . The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was around 62 years, while infant mortality fell from 7.5 percent (1992) to 7.0 percent in 2001.
The literacy rate among those over the age of 15 is 85.4 percent, namely 94.1 percent for men and 77.5 percent for women (2001) .
67.5 percent of the population speak Spanish , 97.2 percent speak Aymara , and 0.2 percent speak Quechua . (2001)
90.2 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 36.6 percent live without sanitary facilities (2001) .
64.5 percent of the total of 4,239 households have a radio, 1.3 percent a television, 37.7 percent a bicycle, 0.5 percent a motorcycle, 0.7 percent a car, 0.1 percent a refrigerator and 0.3 percent 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 | MACOJMA | ||
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| 5,548 | 5,165 | 3,565 | 2,228 | 1,337 | ||
| 93.1% | 69.0% | 62.5% | 37.5% |
structure
The municipality was subdivided in the last census of 2012 in the following ten cantons ( cantones ):
- 02-0806-02 Canton of Jesús de Machaca - 5 localities - 1,281 inhabitants
- 02-0806-04 Canton Santo Domingo de Machaca - 3 localities - 976 inhabitants
- 02-0806-06 Canton Aguallamaya - 14 localities - 2,129 inhabitants
- 02-0806-07 Canton Chama - 9 localities - 2,031 inhabitants
- 02-0806-15 Canton Santa Ana de Machaca - 2 villages - 480 inhabitants
- 02-0806-18 Canton Villa Asunción de Machaca - 14 localities - 3.735 inhabitants
- 02-0806-19 Canton Khonkho San Salvador - 2 villages - 664 inhabitants
- 02-0806-20 Canton of Kalla Tupac Katari - 9 villages - 2,477 inhabitants
- 02-0806-23 Canton Cuipa España de Machaca - 7 towns - 755 inhabitants
- 02-0806-25 Canton Mejillones de Machaca - 4 towns - 422 inhabitants
Localities in the Municipio Jesús de Machaca
- Canton of Jesús de Machaca
- Jesús de Machaca 604 pop.
- Canton of Santo Domingo de Machaca
- Canton of Chama
- Chama 472 pop.
- Canton of Villa Asunción de Machaca
- Titicani Tucari 913 pop - Corpa 783 pop
- Canton of Kalla Tupac Katari
- Sullkatiti Titiri 527 pop - Kalla Baja 521 pop - Yauriri San Francisco 509 pop - Kalla Tupac Katari 144 pop
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 Jesús de Machaca - General Maps No. 20806
- Municipio Jesús de Machaca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 311 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento La Paz - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 11.63 MB) ( Spanish )