Municipio Las Carreras

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Municipio Las Carreras
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		4032 inhabitants (2012 census)
4 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01-0903
Telephone code (+591)
surface 1,020 km²
height 3000  m
Coordinates 21 ° 17 ′  S , 65 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 17 ′  S , 65 ° 20 ′  W
Municipio Las Carreras (Bolivia)
Municipio Las Carreras
Municipio Las Carreras
politics

Department Chuquisaca
province Sud Cinti Province
Central place Las Carreras
climate
Climate diagram Camargo
Climate diagram Camargo

The municipality of Las Carreras is a district in the Chuquisaca department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality of Las Carreras is one of three municipalities in the Sud Cinti province and includes its southwestern area. It is bordered by the Potosí Department to the west and south, the Tarija Department to the east , and the Municipio Villa Abecia to the north .

The municipality extends between about 21 ° 04 'and 21 ° 30' south latitude and 65 ° 12 'and 65 ° 28' west longitude, its expansion from west to east is up to 30 kilometers, from north to south up to 50 kilometers .

The municipality comprises 56 municipalities ( localidades ), the central place of the municipality is the town of Las Carreras with 765 inhabitants ( 2012 census ) in the very eastern part of the district.

geography

The Municipio Las Carreras is located on the southwestern foothills of the Bolivian Cordillera Central , between the Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. The climate is a cool, moderate mountain climate with a typical time of day climate , in which the temperature differences fluctuate more strongly during the day than during the year.

The annual average temperature in the region is just under 14 ° C (see Camargo climate diagram), the monthly averages fluctuate between just under 10 ° C in June / July and 16 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is 400 mm and has seven arid months from April to October with monthly values ​​below 20 mm, significant monthly precipitation only falls from December to February with values ​​of 80 to 90 mm each.

population

The population of the Municipio Las Carreras has increased by almost a quarter in the past two decades:

year Residents source
1992 3 336 census
2001 3 556 census
2012 4032 census

The population density in the last census of 2012 was 4.0 inhabitants / km², the literacy rate among those over 6 years of age had increased from 70.8 percent ( 1992 ) to 78.9 percent ( 2001 ). The life expectancy of newborns was 69.2 years, and infant mortality had fallen from 6.6 percent ( 1992 ) to 4.3 percent in 2001.

98.6 percent of the population speak Spanish , 15.4 percent speak Quechua , and 0.1 percent speak Aymara . ( 2001 ) 96.1 percent of the population have no access to electricity , 39.1 percent live without sanitary facilities . ( 2001 )

83.1 percent of the 872 households have a radio, 18.7 percent a television, 53.4 percent a bicycle, 1.5 percent a motorcycle, 7.8 percent a car, 6.3 percent a refrigerator, and 0.7 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 MSM MAS-IPSP U.N.
1,370   1,222 1,040   523 440 77
  89.2% 85.1%   50.3% 42.3% 7.4%

structure

The municipality of Las Carreras was in the last census of 2012 of the following eight cantons ( cantones ):

  • 01-0903-1 Canton of Las Carreras - 5 Vicecantones - 6 municipalities - 1,337 inhabitants ( 2001: 1,083 inhabitants )
  • 01-0903-2 Canton of San Juan - 1 Vicecantón - 5 municipalities - 442 inhabitants ( 2001: 597 inhabitants )
  • 01-0903-3 Canton Impora - 3 Vicecantones - 4 municipalities - 298 inhabitants ( 2001: 416 inhabitants )
  • 01-0903-4 Canton La Torre - 2 vicecantones - 10 municipalities - 359 inhabitants ( 2001: 448 inhabitants )
  • 01-0903-5 Canton Taraya - 3 Vicecantones - 6 municipalities - 402 inhabitants ( 2001: 448 inhabitants )
  • 01-0903-6 Canton Lime - 1 Vicecantón - 4 municipalities - 671 inhabitants ( 2001: 477 inhabitants )
  • 01-0903-7 Santa Rosa canton - 1 vicecantón - 1 municipality - 138 inhabitants ( 2001: 143 inhabitants )
  • 01-0903-8 Canton of Socpora - 1 vicecantón - 1 municipality - 140 inhabitants ( 2001: 114 inhabitants )

Localities in the canton of Las Carreras

  • Canton of Impora

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 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  4. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

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