Municipio La Asunta

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Municipio La Asunta
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		39,105 inhabitants (2012 census)
14 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1105
Telephone code (+591)
surface 2,828 km²
height 1800  m
Coordinates 16 ° 7 ′  S , 67 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 7 ′  S , 67 ° 9 ′  W
Municipio La Asunta (Bolivia)
Municipio La Asunta
Municipio La Asunta
politics

Department La Paz
province South Yungas Province
Central place La Asunta
climate
Climate diagram La Asunta
Climate diagram La Asunta

The municipality of La Asunta is a district in the La Paz department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of La Asunta is one of five municipalities in the Sud Yungas province and is located in the central part of the province. It borders in the north with the municipality Palos Blancos , in the northwest with the province Caranavi , in the west with the province Nor Yungas , in the southwest with the municipality Chulumani , in the south with the municipality Irupana , in the southeast with the province Inquisivi , and in the east the department of Cochabamba .

The municipality has 149 localities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is La Asunta with 2,143 inhabitants in the central part of the municipality. Larger towns in the municipality are La Calzada with 1,200 inhabitants and Las Mercedes with 1,119 inhabitants. ( 2012 census )

geography

The municipality of La Asunta is located on the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Cordillera Central at an average altitude of 1800  m , between the Andean mountain ranges of the Cordillera Occidental in the west and the Cordillera de Cocapata in the east.

The mean average temperature of the municipality is 23 ° C (see climate diagram), the annual precipitation is around 1,300 mm. The region has a distinctive daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between a good 20 ° C in June / July and 25 ° C in November / December. La Asunta has a short dry season with monthly precipitation of 25 mm in the months of June and July, in the wet season the monthly values ​​reach up to 200 mm from December to February.

population

The population of the municipality of La Asunta has more than tripled in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 12 198 census
2001 18 016 census
2012 39 105 census

The municipality had a population density of 13.8 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 . The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 59.7 years, and infant mortality fell from 8.0 percent ( 1992 ) to 7.5 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 75.0 percent, namely 85.0 percent for men and 65.0 percent for women. ( 2001 )

91.2 percent of the population speak Spanish , 59.3 percent speak Aymara , and 5.0 percent speak Quechua . ( 2001 )

88.7 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 71.3 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

84.4 percent of households own a radio, 6.2 percent a television, 13.5 percent a bicycle, 3.2 percent a motorcycle, 2.4 percent a car, 3.1 percent a refrigerator, 0.4 percent one 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 TP-A MPS
14,827   12,456 8,748   3,989 3,000 1,759
  84.0% 70.2%   45.6% 34.3% 20.1%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the 2001 census in the following thirteen cantons ( cantones ):

  • 02-1105-01 Canton La Asunta - 62 villages - 11,922 inhabitants ( 2001 : 5,014 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-02 Canton Calisaya - 8 villages - 1,725 ​​inhabitants ( 2001 : 910 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-03 Canton of Cotapata - 19 villages - 3,766 inhabitants ( 2001 : 657 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-04 Canton Chamaca - 8 localities - 935 inhabitants ( 2001 : 436 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-05 Canton Charia - 6 localities - 1,391 inhabitants ( 2001 : 755 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-06 Canton of Huayabal - 2 villages - 1,107 inhabitants ( 2001 : 506 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-07 Canton La Calzada - 8 villages - 2,624 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1,564 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-08 Canton of Las Mercedes - 10 towns - 2,795 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1,659 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-09 Canton Puerto Rico - 34 localities - 4,592 inhabitants ( 2001 : 985 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-10 Canton of San José - 9 localities - 2,371 inhabitants ( 2001 : 1,396 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-11 Canton of Yanamayu - 8 towns - 1,235 inhabitants ( 2001 : 552 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-12 Canton Colopampa Grande - 7 localities - 1,724 inhabitants ( 2001 : 514 inhabitants)
  • 02-1105-13 Canton Villa Barrientos - 12 villages - 2,918 inhabitants ( 2001 : 2,059 inhabitants)

Localities in the municipality of La Asunta

  • Canton of Charia

Individual evidence

  1. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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