Municipio Laja

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Municipio Laja
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		23,673 inhabitants (2012 census)
33 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 02-1202
Telephone code (+591)
surface 711 km²
height 3900  m
Coordinates 16 ° 35 ′  S , 68 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 35 ′  S , 68 ° 25 ′  W
Municipio Laja (Bolivia)
Municipio Laja
Municipio Laja
politics

Department La Paz
province Los Andes Province
Central place Laja
climate
Climate diagram El Alto
Climate diagram El Alto

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

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Laja is one of four municipalities in the province of Los Andes and is located in the southern part of the province. It borders the province of Ingavi to the west, south and southeast , the province of Murillo to the east and the municipality of Pucarani to the north .

The municipality has 74 localities ( localidades ), the administrative seat of the municipality is Laja with 876 inhabitants in the eastern part of the district. The largest towns in the municipality are Puchucollo Alto with 2461 inhabitants, Cantapa with 1541 inhabitants and Callamarca with 1027 inhabitants ( 2012 census ).

geography

The municipality of Laja is located at an average altitude of 3900  m southeast 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 Laja has increased by more than half in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 14 653 census
2001 16 311 census
2012 23 673 census

The municipality had a population density of 33.3 inhabitants / km² at the last census in 2012 . The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 62.6 years, while infant mortality rose slightly from 5.6 percent ( 1992 ) to 6.2 percent in 2001.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 71.7 percent, 85.5 percent for men and 59.6 percent for women. ( 2001 )

61.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 97.2 percent speak Aymara , and 0.1 percent speak Quechua . ( 2001 )

71.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 72.6 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

61.8 percent of the total of 4,457 households have a radio, 11.4 percent a television, 36.3 percent a bicycle, 0.4 percent a motorcycle, 1.8 percent a car, 0.2 percent a refrigerator and 0.9 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 ASP MSM MPS FPV
7,752   7,099 4.149   1,600 1,400 890 150 109
  91.6% 58.4%   38.6% 33.7% 21.5% 3.6% 2.6%

structure

The municipality was subdivided in the census of 2012 in the following eight cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Laja
  • Canton of Cúcuta

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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