Municipio Mojinete

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Municipio Mojinete
Mojinete
Mojinete
Basic data

Population (state)
- population density 		1180 inhabitants (2012 census)
3 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 05-1002
Telephone code (+591)
surface 382 km²
height 3500  m
Coordinates 21 ° 46 ′  S , 66 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 46 ′  S , 66 ° 18 ′  W
Municipio Mojinete (Bolivia)
Municipio Mojinete
Municipio Mojinete
politics

Department Potosí
province Sur Lípez Province
Central place Mojinete
Location of the Municipio Mojinete in the Department of Potosí
Location of the Municipio Mojinete
in the Department of Potosí
climate
Climate diagram Villazón
Climate diagram Villazón

The Municipio Mojinete is a district in the Department of Potosí in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

The municipality Mojinete is the smallest of three municipalities in the province of Sur Lípez . It borders the Municipio San Pablo de Lípez to the north, the Municipio San Antonio de Esmoruco to the west and south , the Republic of Argentina to the southeast , and the Province of Sur Chichas to the northeast . It stretches for about 25 kilometers in north-south and east-west directions.

The central place of the municipality is the locality Mojinete with 409 inhabitants ( census 2012 ) in the northeast corner of the district.

geography

The Municipio Mojinete is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.

The annual average temperature of the region is 11 ° C and fluctuates only slightly between a good 5 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from November to March (see Villazón climate diagram). The annual precipitation is only about 350 mm, with a strongly pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 70-90 mm monthly precipitation.

population

The population of the Municipio Mojinete has not changed significantly in the past two decades:

  • 1992 : 637 inhabitants ( census )
  • 2001 : 716 inhabitants (census)
  • 2012 : 1,180 inhabitants (census)

The population density of the municipality at the last census in 2012 was 3.1 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The proportion of the population under the age of 15 is 44.2 percent, the proportion of women is 57 percent.

The literacy rate among those over 19 years of age is 79 percent, 98 percent for men and 62 percent for women. The most important idiom with a share of 97 percent is Quechua , 81 percent of the population speak Spanish . 86 percent of the population are Catholic, 13 percent Protestant.

The life expectancy of newborns is 52 years. 98.5 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 82 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 MOP MAS-IPSP
287   257 204   104 100
  89.5% 79.4%   51.0% 49.0%

structure

The municipality is divided into the following six sub-cantons ( vicecantones ):

Localities in the municipality of Mojinete

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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