Municipio Llica

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Municipio Llica
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		4150 inhabitants (2012 census)
1 inhabitant / km²
Post Code 05-1401
Telephone code (+591)
surface 7,296 km²
height 4000  m
Coordinates 20 ° 10 ′  S , 68 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 20 ° 10 ′  S , 68 ° 22 ′  W
Municipio Llica (Bolivia)
Municipio Llica
Municipio Llica
politics

Department Potosí
province Daniel Campos Province
Central place Llica
Location of the Municipio Llica in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio Llica
in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Llica
Climate diagram Llica

The Municipio Llica is a district in the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The Municipio Llica is one of two Municipios in the Daniel Campos Province . It borders in the north on the Oruro department , in the west on the Republic of Chile , in the south on the province of Nor Lípez , and in the east on the municipality Tahua , with the border with Tahua running almost 100 percent in the Salar de Uyuni . The municipality extends over about 180 kilometers in north-south and over 110 kilometers in east-west direction.

The central place of the municipality is the village Llica with 845 inhabitants ( 2012 ) in the northern part of the district.

geography

The Municipio Llica is located between the western Andean chain of the Cordillera Occidental and the eastern chain of the Cordillera Oriental on the banks of the Salar de Uyuni salt lake . The climate in the region is semi-arid and a typical time of day climate , in which the temperatures fluctuate more during the day than during the year.

Annual precipitation is as low as 150 mm (see climate diagram) and only has significant monthly precipitation of around 50 mm in January and February. The annual average temperature is around 6 ° C, the monthly values ​​fluctuate between 2 ° C in July and almost 9 ° C in January and February, and there are frequent changes in frost throughout the year .

population

The population has increased by around a third in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 3,133 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 2,901 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 4,150 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the 2012 census was 0.6 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The proportion of the population aged under 15 is 41.6 percent.

The literacy rate among those over 19 is 96 percent, 99 percent for men and 93 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 82 percent is Spanish, 54 percent of the population speak Aymara . 80 percent of the population are Catholic, 8 percent Protestant.

The life expectancy of newborns is 62 years. 81 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 88 percent live without sanitary facilities.

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 FCRP
1.936   1,566 1,067   614 414 39
  80.9% 68.1%   57.5% 38.8% 3.7%

Districts

The municipality is divided into the following cantons ( cantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Llica

  • Canton of Llica
  • Canton of Chacoma

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
  3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of 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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