Municipio Machacamarca
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 Machacamarca Railway Museum |
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| Population (state) - population density |
4820 inhabitants (2012 census) 14 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 04-0702 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 344 km² | ||
| height | 3850 m | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 10 ′ S , 66 ° 56 ′ W | ||
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| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Pantaleón Dalence Province | ||
| Central place | Machacamarca | ||
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 Oruro climate diagram |
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The municipality Machacamarca is a district in the Oruro department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality Machacamarca is one of two municipalities in the province of Pantaleón Dalence . It borders the province of Cercado to the north and west , the province of Poopó to the south , and the municipality of Huanuni to the east .
The central place of the municipality is the small town Machacamarca with 2,749 inhabitants ( 2012 ) on Lake Uru-Uru in the central area of the district.
geography
The municipality of Machacamarca is located on the eastern edge of the Bolivian Altiplano and includes parts of the Cordillera Azanaques , which belongs to the Cordillera Central . The municipality is traversed by the Río Huanuni , which flows into the Uru-Uru Lake . The climate is cold and dry, the vegetation that of the puna .
The annual average temperature is around 10 ° C (see climate diagram Oruro) and fluctuates between 6 ° C in June / July and 14 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is low 400 mm and has a long dry season from April to November, only in the summer months from December to March there is significant precipitation between 60 and 80 mm.
population
The population of the municipality Machacamarca has been subject to significant fluctuations over the past two decades:
- 1992 : 5,218 inhabitants ( census )
- 2001 : 4,180 inhabitants (census)
- 2012 : 4,820 inhabitants (update)
The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2001 was 14 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 57.0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 63.4 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 83 percent, 95 percent for men and 73 percent for women ( 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. | ||
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| 2,348 | 2,085 | 1,566 | 585 | 544 | 437 | ||
| 88.8% | 75.1% | 37.4% | 34.7% | 27.9% |
structure
The municipality is divided into the following two cantons ( cantones ):
- 04-0702-01 Canton Machacamarca - 2 villages - 2,804 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
- 04-0702-02 Canton of Vicente Ascarrunz - 18 localities - 2,016 inhabitants
Localities in the municipality of Machacamarca
- Machacamarca Canton
- Machacamarca 2749 Pop.
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Machacamarca - General Maps No. 40702
- Municipio Machacamarca - detailed map and population data (PDF; 249 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )